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Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

Learn About the Total Solar Eclipse of February 26!

Press Release

HQ Note to Editors

Activities from Goddard Space Flight Center

• "GOES EYE VIEW" OF THE ECLIPSE
  Click here for realtime fulldisk images taken during the day of the eclipse from GOES-10

• SOHO Observations
  During the eclipse, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency, made key solar physics observations. Because SOHO is positioned far above the Earth's atmosphere, it can observe the Sun directly, without the interference from the atmosphere. Using SOHO during the eclipse, scientists examined the Sun's surface. This will provide information on what is going on within the Sun's interior and correlate that activity with changes in the coronal structure.

• Polar Spacecraft
  For a series of quick-time movies and animations taken with the Polar spacecraft's Visible Imaging System, check this link.

• ASK THE SPACE SCIENTIST

• Education Activity -- 
  Pinhole Viewer

Cool Sites for Eclipse Information:

The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum 
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov 
is a Goddard Space Flight Center/UC Berkeley partnership.
	
Fred Espanek's home page
http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html 

Eye safety
http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/safety.html 

Videotaping
http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEvideo.html 

Photographing
http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEphoto.html 

Info on Feb. 26 event
http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE1998/TSE1998.html

Dr. Odenwald's
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on the Eclipse

NASA Mike's Page
Students participating in the Special Projects Initiative post
real-time eclipse images.

Alan MacRobert's Eclipse Page

SKY Online's Eclipse Page