{"670281":{"#nid":"670281","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"When and how to view the solar eclipse in Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn annular \u0022ring of fire\u0022 eclipse will stretch from Oregon to Texas next Saturday, October 14. During this type of eclipse,\u0026nbsp;the Moon is near its farthest point from Earth, so it does not completely cover the Sun.\u0026nbsp;The Moon appears as a dark disk on top of a larger, bright sun. In Georgia, we will see a partial solar eclipse. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EJames Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E, principal academic professional in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/Observatory.php\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E, said over the three-hour event the sun will take on a different appearance.\u0026nbsp;\u0022For those of us in Atlanta, it\u2019s a little more than 50 percent. So you\u2019d have the disk of the sun, and part of it would be blocked out. So you would first see a little blocked out, and ultimately about 50 percent... The sun would be a crescent and then the moon would work its way out,\u0022 Sowell said.\u0026nbsp;If you want to view the eclipse, you must do so safely. You\u0027ll need special protection. Special\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/resources\/solar-filters\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esolar-safe glasses can be purchased online\u003C\/a\u003E, which are much, much stronger than a normal pair of sunglasses.\u0026nbsp;(11Alive also spoke with Sowell on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/tech\/science\/how-to-view-saturdays-eclipse-atlanta\/85-a009d748-49fb-49ff-b9d6-78873cff4798\u0022\u003EOct. 12\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EAn annular \u0022ring of fire\u0022 eclipse will stretch from Oregon to Texas next Saturday, October 14. During this type of eclipse,\u0026nbsp;the Moon is near its farthest point from Earth, so it does not completely cover the Sun.\u0026nbsp;The Moon appears as a dark disk on top of a larger, bright sun. In Georgia, we will see a partial solar eclipse. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EJames Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E, principal academic professional in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/Observatory.php\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E, said over the three-hour event the sun will take on a different appearance.\u0026nbsp;\u0022For those of us in Atlanta, it\u2019s a little more than 50 percent. So you\u2019d have the disk of the sun, and part of it would be blocked out. So you would first see a little blocked out, and ultimately about 50 percent... The sun would be a crescent and then the moon would work its way out,\u0022 Sowell said.\u0026nbsp;If you want to view the eclipse, you must do so safely. You\u0027ll need special protection. Special\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/resources\/solar-filters\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esolar-safe glasses can be purchased online\u003C\/a\u003E, which are much, much stronger than a normal pair of sunglasses. (11Alive also spoke with Sowell on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/tech\/science\/how-to-view-saturdays-eclipse-atlanta\/85-a009d748-49fb-49ff-b9d6-78873cff4798\u0022\u003EOct. 12\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-10-09 13:32:31","changed_gmt":"2023-10-16 21:02:35","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11Alive WXIA","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/tech\/science\/how-to-view-2023-solar-eclipse-georgia\/85-315b695e-d442-4617-93a6-972024f38438","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"172902","name":"James Sowell"},{"id":"9154","name":"Georgia Tech Observatory"},{"id":"174840","name":"solar eclipse"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}