Using a disco ball to observing the Sun - and partial solar eclipses
PosterTeaching Methods and Tools
5th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023
UTC: 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. America/New_York: 4 a.m.- 5:30 a.m.
, Thursday Nov. 30, 2023
UTC: 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. America/New_York: 3 a.m.- 4:30 a.m.
, UTC: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. America/New_York: 1:30 p.m.- 3 p.m.
, UTC: 8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. America/New_York: 3:30 p.m.- 5 p.m.
Robert Cumming
(Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology)
Coauthors: Alex M. Pietrow (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam)
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Disco balls (mirror balls) provide a surprisingly safe and fun way of observing the Sun, in particular during partial solar eclipses. We give an overview of their optics and their potential for use in education and outreach contexts.
Biography:
Robert Cumming is astronomer and communicator at Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden. He has a PhD from Imperial College, London, and has worked at Stockholm University and the popular magazine Populär Astronomi. He is interested in effective outreach and communication methods, and has tried to apply some of these among radio telescopes and Earth science instruments at the observatory in Onsala.
