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so joining us live now to talk all about it is andrew fraknoi, professor of astronomy at the fromm institute at the university of san francisco. thank you for joining us. is this still cool and exciting for you, someone who does this for a living. oh yes. >> we call eclipses the super bowl of sky spectacles, and i think it's justly deserves that name. at least the total eclipse does. and, many people, 32 million people, will be seeing a total eclipse. and then the rest of us, 500 million people in north america will see a partial eclipse of this. >> a little bit more specific than when and where can we see the partial eclipse on april 8th, and where can the total one be seen? >> so the total eclipse is visible on a path about 100 miles wide that goes from western mexico through texas, up through indiana and into upstate new york and new england, but but here in san francisco, we're going to see a partial eclipse with about 45% of the sun's diameter, taken out by the moon. so it looks like the moon is taking a big bite out of the sun. and as you can see on the screen, we'll start monday at ab
so joining us live now to talk all about it is andrew fraknoi, professor of astronomy at the fromm institute at the university of san francisco. thank you for joining us. is this still cool and exciting for you, someone who does this for a living. oh yes. >> we call eclipses the super bowl of sky spectacles, and i think it's justly deserves that name. at least the total eclipse does. and, many people, 32 million people, will be seeing a total eclipse. and then the rest of us, 500 million...
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fraknoi offered an interesting alternative on our afternoon program getting answers. >> here's whatsehold calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> interesting. here's another interesting note a state prison in new york is putting its inmates under lockdown during the eclipse as a safety precaution, and inmates are not happy about it. in fact, according to the new york times, they filed suit claiming the prison is stripping them of their constitutional rights, claiming the phenomenon is a religious experience. for a list of eclipse events, including viewing parties, head to our website abc seven news.com. there's a link on our home page these are some trying times for former president donald trump, who his $175 million legal move today and the ruling by a judge in another case against him that t
fraknoi offered an interesting alternative on our afternoon program getting answers. >> here's whatsehold calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> interesting. here's another interesting note a...
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ucsf astronomy professor andrew fraknoi is giving us an interesting alternative. >> here's what you doyour back to the sun. bring a household calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun. and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> okay, if you want a list of the eclipse events, there are viewing parties you can check out. go to our website, abc seven news.com. there's a link on our home page at. and if you can't watch the eclipse in person, you can watch here. right on abc seven news, we're going to show you the eclipse live on air and on our stream on monday. >> yeah. >> even though we have a partial one, we have great viewing here. yeah, it's going to be sunny, clear skies. so just don't stare at the sun. >> get some cute little glasses. >> yeah. do you have yours? >> do you have your glasses? >> let's see. >> you got to let me look at my pu
ucsf astronomy professor andrew fraknoi is giving us an interesting alternative. >> here's what you doyour back to the sun. bring a household calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun. and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> okay, if...
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. >> joining us now is andrew fraknoi, a former chair and current member of the astronomy department at foothill college. thank you so much for joining us today. >> my pleasure and what a day it is. >> can you talk first of all about what made today's solar eclipse so rare? >> well, it's, as you said in the previous segment, there there are eclipses regularly on the earth, but it's very rare that it comes your way. the earth's surface is a large place, and so it's nice to have one that came to the united states. it also lasted four minutes, which is a nice long time. if you saw totality, there were places in texas, for example, that had 4.5 minutes of seeing the moon completely obscure the sun. >> and what were your takeaways from today's total eclipse from from the images that you have seen, what what what was most significant? what stood out to you as we got a chance to look directly at the sun? >> well, first of all, as as one of the people interviewed said, this wasn't a republican eclipse, it wasn't a democratic eclipse. it was a nonpartisan eclipse that we could all enjoy toget
. >> joining us now is andrew fraknoi, a former chair and current member of the astronomy department at foothill college. thank you so much for joining us today. >> my pleasure and what a day it is. >> can you talk first of all about what made today's solar eclipse so rare? >> well, it's, as you said in the previous segment, there there are eclipses regularly on the earth, but it's very rare that it comes your way. the earth's surface is a large place, and so it's nice...
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and here to talk more about what people can expect is astronomer andrew fraknoi, who teaches at the university thank you so much for being here. explain a little bit more about what will be happening up there in the sky. >> well, so this is a remarkable cosmic coincidence. it just so happens that, as seen from earth, the moon and the sun are the same size in the sky. so it can happen that the moon gets in front of the sun. and if you're in the right place on earth, the moon can completely cover the sun, making day turn into night and completely confusing animals. and you are able to see then the magnificent but faint outer atmosphere of the sun, which flickers like an eerie aura around the dark disk of the moon. >> well, i can feel your enthusiasm in a big way. let's talk about that path of totality from texas all the way up to maine. how wide is the path? and could a single cloud ruin your watch party? >> so the path is about 115 miles wide on average. and yes, the big issue is going to be whether, if it's cloudy, completely cloudy, then you won't be able to see it. now the partial phases of
and here to talk more about what people can expect is astronomer andrew fraknoi, who teaches at the university thank you so much for being here. explain a little bit more about what will be happening up there in the sky. >> well, so this is a remarkable cosmic coincidence. it just so happens that, as seen from earth, the moon and the sun are the same size in the sky. so it can happen that the moon gets in front of the sun. and if you're in the right place on earth, the moon can completely...
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usf astronomy professor andrew fraknoi is offering an interesting alternative. >> here's what you do.our back to the sun. bring a household calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> now for a list of eclipse events. there are viewing parties that you can check out, and we have you covered. go to our website abc seven news.com. a link is on our home page and if you can't watch it in person, of course you can watch it here with us on abc seven news. we're going to show you the eclipse live on air and on our stream, starting on monday. eclipse across america. and if you're going to do it, do it in style. >> what can you see right now? i was i didn't understand that even with all these really bright lights, i still can't see them. >> you can't see a thing i cannot see. >> and that's good for your eyes
usf astronomy professor andrew fraknoi is offering an interesting alternative. >> here's what you do.our back to the sun. bring a household calendar and hold it over your shoulder so that the holes in it are pointing toward the sun, but you're not looking at the sun and look at the shadow that the calendar makes on the sidewalk in that shadow. each hole in the calendar will act like a pinhole projector, and you'll see lots of images of the eclipsed sun in the shadow. >> now for a...