The Observers Notebook- The Great Total Solar Eclipse of 2017

Episode 6 In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to the Mike Reynolds, the Executive Director of the ALPO and also the resident expert on Solar Eclipses. Mike will discuss the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse set for later this summer, and discusses what type of equipment is needed to observe the eclipse, as well as what are the prime weather and totality locations to get the best view of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse and Mike’s contact information. You can contact Mike at: M.D.Reynolds@fscj.edu Eclipse Glasses https://www.eclipseglasses.com/ Eclipse Chaser Map https://www.eclipse-chasers.com/php/tseCalculator.php?TSE=tse2017d Michael Bakich’s Tips for Observers, Astronomy Magazine http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/astronomy/archive/2014/08/08/25-tips-for-the-august-21-2017-total-solar-eclipse.aspx Eclipse 2017.org http://www.eclipse2017.org/ Eclipse Bulletin: Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 August 21 http://astropixels.com/pubs/TSE2017.html Mr Eclipse http://mreclipse.com/MrEclipse.html#Sun For more information you can visit the ALPO web site at: www.alpo-astronomy.org/ You can also support this podcast at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ObserversNotebook Follow us on Twitter @ObserversNBPod Listen to the podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/observersnotebook Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/observers-notebook-the-alpo-podcast/id1199301885?mt=2