UCF Campus Events: 11 AM inside Library & 2 PM Reflecting Pond
- Eclipse to Mark 1st Day of UCF's Fall Semester"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."
Solar Eclipse Viewing Safety
Total Solar Eclipse 2017
- Eclipse to Mark 1st Day of UCF's Fall Semester"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."
- Planetary Sciences Group (UCF)"The UCF Planetary Sciences Group uses spacecraft data, images from the world’s largest telescopes, meteorites and moon rocks, experimental techniques, and supercomputers to investigate our own Solar System as well as others around the Galaxy."
- Astronomy Society (UCF)"The Astronomy Society is a registered student organization at the University of Central Florida, based out of the Department of Physics. Our organization strives to “create, enhance, and deliver a definite vehicle that will help its members cultivate the love and respect for the mystery of the cosmos.”
- Total Solar Eclipse 2017 (NASA)"NASA created this website to provide a guide to this amazing event. Here you will find activities, events, broadcasts, and resources from NASA and our partners across the nation."
- GreatAmericanEclipse.comIncludes detailed maps and information for Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina
Search for UCF Library books
Your Guide to the 2017 Total Solar EclipseCall Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- QB545.17 .B35 2016"In this book Astronomy Magazine editor Michael Bakich presents all the information you'll need to be ready for the total solar eclipse that will cross the United States on August 21, 2017. In this one resource you'll find out where the eclipse will occur, how to observe it safely, what you'll experience during the eclipse, the best equipment to choose, how to photograph the event, detailed weather forecasts for locations where the Moon's shadow will fall, and much more."
Eclipse: the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of historyCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 4th Floor -- QB541.S65 2001ch4ck availability of print version
Other online version (1 simultaneous user)
From the depths of time : the earliest recorded eclipses -- Heavenly cycles -- Making predictions -- Warp in space -- Turbulent sun -- Ancient eclipses & the length of the day -- Eclipses & the size of the sun -- American eclipses of 1780 & 1806 -- Rocky Mountain eclipse of 1878 -- Great New York City winter eclipse -- Nantucket, the astronomically blessed -- Eclipses of the third kind -- And a fourth -- Stepping beyond the solar system -- Eclipse chaser's guide -- Eclipse whodunit
Totality: eclipses of the sunCall Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- QB541 .L69 1999"Totality: Eclipses of the Sun is profusely illustrated with stunning photographs (many in color) and more than a hundred maps and diagrams. It can be read by lay people and astronomers with ease and enjoyment."
Total Eclipses: science, observations, myths, & legendsCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 4th Floor -- QB541.G85 1999ch3ck availability
Sun: Our Local Star -- How to Observe the Sun -- Eclipses of the Sun & Moon -- Historical Eclipses and Discoveries -- Observing Total Eclipses of the Sun -- Photographing Eclipses of the Sun & Moon -- App. A: Energy & neutrinos -- App. B: Eclipses & coronal physics -- App. C: Computer program for solar & lunar eclipse dates -- App. D: eclipse of 11 August 1999 -- App. E: Eclipses of the Sun & Moon until 2010
- UCF Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowCatalog of the books, media, journals, and other library materials owned by the UCF Libraries.
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