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Eclipse's Field Day for Viewers Across The World
Washington reports the total eclipse on July 20 draws hundreds of thousands of observers including professionals and amateurs. Ground crews rely on clear weather while satellites, jets, and high altitude aircraft capture space and solar events. Astronomers from Brown University Illinois and Northwestern guide measurements from air and ground stations across Alaska Canada and New Mexico assisting in solar observations during totality.
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Washington
Satars
Tiros VI
Maine
Mercury
Navy
M. Scott Carpenter
Jocelyn R. Gill
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gill
Carpenter
Charles H. Smiley
Brown University
Providence
Air Force
Smiley
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
New Mexico
North America
Alaska
Kitt Peak ‘Observatory
Tucson
American Astronomical Society
College, Alaska
Fairbanks
Winnipeg North
Churchill
Canadian National Railways
Moose River
Syuthor
James Bays
By. J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Dearborn’ Observatory
University of Illinois
University of Ilinois
Canada
Pullman
Wash
Danville
Inl