Maui Public Talk: Total Solar Eclipses and the Secrets of the Sun

Total Solar Eclipses and the Secrets of the Sun

by Dr. Shadia Rifai Habbal (UH Institute for Astronomy)

Dr. Shadia Rifai Habbal of the IfA will give a talk entitled "Total Solar Eclipses and the Secrets of the Sun" at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 11 at the Maikalani building in Pukalani. This Maui Maikalani Community Lecture is sponsored by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.

Total solar eclipses are one of Nature's most wonderous displays. They reveal the presence and ever-changing shape of the solar corona, the Sun's extended atmosphere. Without eclipses, the Sun could have held onto some of its secrets up to the advent of space exploration. In this talk, Dr. Habbal will present some of the key discoveries made during total solar eclipses. She will conclude with highlights of the discoveries made by the IfA group she led to observe the 2006 eclipse from the Sahara in Libya.

The address of Maikalani, also known as the Advanced Technology Research Center, is 34 Ohia Ku Street, Pukalani, above Kamehameha Schools in the Kulamalu Town Center (the first light after King Kekaulike High School, just off Kula Highway). For a map, go to http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/maps/Maui-ATRC.html.

Admission is free, and street parking is available. For more information, call 573-9500 on Maui.

Event Sponsor
UH Institute for Astronomy, Manoa

More Information
James JD Armstrong, 573-9519, jd@ifa.hawaii.edu, http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/MauiLectures/Habbal-04-08.html

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