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Re: Today's Eclipse

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From: Connie Patten
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 11:41
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Bill wrote:

 >Actually I had a rather disappointing time trying to get people here
 >excited about using two index cards, one with a hole in it like a
 >pinhole camera, the other a screen in the shadow of the first.  People
 >prefered to view the eclipse directly through various filters.  I think
 >it is so neat that something as simple as a pinhole and screen can make
 >an image.


One thing I did to make the pinhole camera more interesting to young people
was to have them trace the image of the sun/moon every 10 minutes or so,
right on to the white paper screen, and write down the exact time of each
observation. It made the changes in the image clear, provided an activity
during the hour leading up to totality, and left a permanent record of a
unique experience.

P.S.  We used the filters, too.

Connie
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