A Southwest Research Institute solar physicist hopes April's eclipse will help shine a light on why the sun's corona is so much hotter than its surface.
Visitors at Scobee Education Center and Planetarium gaze towards the sun and moon during the moment of annularity of the 2023 eclipse.At 2 million degrees Fahrenheit, the sun’s corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere — is roughly 200 times hotter than the surface of the star.
Amir Caspi, a principal scientist at SwRI based in Boulder, Colorado, will be leading multiple experiments during the cosmic event to help researchers learn more about the sun’s corona. Thirty-five teams — each of which has been given a special telescope and training — will record the eclipse from start to finish from the ground, giving researchers approximately 60 minutes of footage they’ll be able to study afterward. The size of each team ranges from a few members to a whole classroom, Caspi said. Nine of the 35 teams will be based in Texas, he noted.
“I’m just really excited about the fact that this eclipse crosses over so much populated and easy-to-access land,” Caspi said. The imager will be in the nose cone of the plane and will be operated by specially trained pilots. High-speed satellite feed from the aircraft will enable scientists and engineers on the ground to share the images and data live.
The eclipse is important because it will block out ultraviolet light that makes the imaging more difficult, he explained.
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