{"id":78211,"date":"2017-08-21T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//?p=78211"},"modified":"2019-06-07T11:58:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T15:58:24","slug":"eclipse-to-mark-1st-day-of-ucfs-fall-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//eclipse-to-mark-1st-day-of-ucfs-fall-semester/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211//","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse to Mark 1st Day of UCF’s Fall Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Great American Eclipse will occur on the first day of classes at the 海角直播, giving students another big reason to be excited./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/n
It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/u2019s the first total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States since 1979. The next one won/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/u2019t occur until April 8, 2024./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/n
A solar eclipse occurs when the sun and moon line up with Earth, with the moon in between. A total solar eclipse, when this alignment is exact, means that a person on Earth in the right place can see the moon completely block out the sun. Part of the reason the total eclipse is so stunning is because the sun and the moon are the same angular size, meaning that although the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon, it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/u2019s also 400 times farther away. So the moon just barely will block out the sun in totality, making it appear to be twilight in the middle of the day./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/n
Florida won/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/u2019t be in the direct path, but NASA will stream video of the entire eclipse. People living south of South Carolina will only see a partial eclipse, but it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/u2019s still worth taking a moment to check out, as long as you can do it safely. The Planetary Sciences Group at UCF, the College of Sciences, and the student-run Astronomical Society will host a viewing party 2-3:30 p.m. in front of Millican Hall and the Reflecting Pond to mark the occasion./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/n
Telescopes with special filters will be available for viewers to safely observe the eclipse. Solar glasses also will be available to attendees, and professors and students studying planetary sciences will be on hand to answer questions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/78211/n
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