Hopefully Indiana weather will cooperate, and we’ll get to see this incredible celestial event. As a reminder, there are no classes and buildings on both campuses will be closed. Please plan to work remotely or otherwise not be in our buildings.
Luddy Bloomington is playing a key role in the university’s eclipse programming. The first-year Luddy Scholars and ADUE Paul Macklin have worked over the past year to develop a live stream from two telescopes. It will be incorporated in the IU Astronomy department’s live commentary and the Hoosier Cosmic Celebration in Memorial Stadium. The team will capture over 4 TB of imaging data and make it publicly available for use in future education and digital art. View the livestream starting at 1:00 pm on April 8.
We also teamed up with biologists in the College of Arts and Sciences to create SolarBird, an app to record changes in bird behavior before, during, and after the eclipse. This app will unobtrusively help community scientists contribute observations all along the eclipse path.
And during the eclipse, our Luddy Scholars will be in the Arboretum. They will display our livestream, share background and technical information on the imaging and software, and hand out spare eclipse glasses. There are also limited spots available for a workshop at MeSH. Intelligent Systems Engineering (ISE) and the IU Physics Department are teaming up for this event with talks on eclipse science, demos, and discussion from ISE, IU Physics, and guests. There are limited spots available, and you can RSVP at ec24mesh@indiana.edu.