Don't Miss the Eclipse - Watch it Online or TV

Here's a list of streamcasts and TV stations where you will be able to catch live and post-eclipse coverage. Many of us, myself included, will be toiling away at work when the eclipse hits the continent.

(Source: Images Pixabay/Personal Photo)

I have a list of sources below. Before you head to the list, I do have a personal connection and can not miss putting in a plug for a cousin(through marriage), Ron Dantowitz. If you happen to miss the eclipse entirely, you can catch him on NOVA. Ron will be sharing many of his photos from the day on PBS's NOVA - "Eclipse Over America" at 9 p.m. EDT Monday.

“I have been waiting almost 40 years for this eclipse, and although I will be operating 14 cameras during totality, I will certainly take a moment to gaze at the eclipse the same way people have done for thousands of years: with wonder.”
Source: The Washington Post

When my boys were younger, we visited Ron and family, in Boston, at the Clay Center for Science and Technology. The Clay Center is a state-of-the-art astronomical observatory and learning center.

We had a chance to look at the Sun and observe solar flares. It was a fantastic experience that both boys still recall and lead to us getting our own backyard telescope.

(Ron and the boys looking at solar flares - Source: Personal Photo)

They also had a little fun in the atrium.

(Hamming it up in the observatory atrium - Source: Personal Photo)

Now to the list. I've pulled this list together, in one spot, for easy reference. There are many options, real-time, on TV or mobile devices. There is also post-eclipse coverage (another plug for PBS's NOVA - "Eclipse Over America" at 9 p.m. EDT)

Remeber the eclipse hits Oregon's Pacific coast approximately 10:15am PDT.

If you get a chance to watch it in person here is a link to the American Astronomical Society and their list of Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers. Don't mess around with your eyesight.

Watch Online

• NASA is streaming it on several platforms:
  -- You can watch it on Facebook
  -- The NASA YouTube channel
  -- Ustream
  -- NASA app for iOS or Android.

• San Francisco’s Exploratorium - show begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 12:15 p.m. PDT - download the Exploratorium's free total solar eclipse app **.

• Slooh.com beginning at 8:30 a.m. PDT. On the Slooh.com website or Facebook page. They have also partnered with Univision to provide a Spanish simulcast.

• NASA Eclipse Ballooning Project’s live feed.

• TimeandDate.com starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT

• CNN plans two hours of live streaming, 360-degree coverage accessible in virtual reality through Oculus and other VR headsets beginning at 1 p.m. EDT.
  -- Check out the article on CNN - CNN and Volvo Present the Solar Eclipse in an Unprecedented 360° Virtual Reality Live-Stream

Watch on Television (Live and post Coverage)

• "Eclipse Over America" - NOVA is planning its eclipse documentary, premiering Monday. With Ron's high-tech camera shots. 9 p.m. EDT

• "Great American Eclipse" - The Science Channel with live coverage from noon to 4 p.m. EDT

• "The Great American Eclipse" - ABC plans two hours of live coverage
  -- NBC also plans live coverage and follow-up reports at 1 and 2 p.m. EDT
  -- Fox News Channel from noon to 4 p.m. EDT

• "The Total Solar Eclipse" - The Weather Channel starts live coverage at 6 a.m. EDT and throughout the day

No reason that you should miss the coverage. I'm sure it will be all over local media news broadcasts as well.

Remember do not observe the sun directly without proper eye protection

See my previous post if you would like to make a DIY shoebox projector.

• Countdown to the Great American Eclipse - Where will you be?

Sources:

• LA Times
• The Washington Post
• Sky and Telescope

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