FIU Libraries: A Total Eclipse of the Sun: Research

The Total Solar Eclipse across America updated for 2024

SAFE VIEWING: Experts emphasize that during a partial eclipse, it is NOT safe to look directly at the eclipse with the naked eye. Regular sunglasses will NOT be safe. You must use special eclipse viewing glasses, view it via an easy-to-make pinhole projector or look at it through a telescope with a special filter. (Picture via NASA's 2024 Total Solar Eclipse site)

More information:

The American Astronomical Society's ECLIPSE AMERICA 2024 site.

Selected Resources on Solar Eclipses and Sun observation from the FIU Libraries

How to Observe the Sun Safely by Lee Macdonald
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2012
Basic information and advice the amateur astronomer needs to get started in observing our own ever-fascinating star.
The Sun and How to Observe It by Jamey L. Jenkins
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2009
This is a completely up-to-date solar observing book, while providing the science background necessary for an understanding of the observations with the latest equipment.
American Eclipse by David Baron
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection -- Q127.U6B2755 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Total Eclipses of the Sun (Expanded Edition) by Jack B. Zirker
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Totality by Mark Littmann; Ken Willcox; Fred Espenak
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection - QB541.L69 2008)
Publication Date: 2008
Glorious Eclipses by Serge Brunier; Jean-Pierre Luminet; Storm Dunlop (Translator)
Call Number: FIU Green Library Oversize - QB541.B7813 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Nearest Star by Leon Golub; Jay M. Pasachoff
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection -- QB521.G65 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Contents: The sun -- The once and future sun -- What we see : the solar disk -- What we don't see -- Eclipses -- Space missions -- Between fire and ice -- Space weather.
Sun by Jay M. Pasachoff; Leon Golub
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection -- QB521.G655 2017
Publication Date: 2017
The Sun in Eclipse by Michael Maunder; Patrick Moore
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection - QB175.M45 1998
Publication Date: 1997
New Eyes on the Sun by John Wilkinson
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9786613577733
Publication Date: 2012
Proving Einstein Right by S. James Gates; Cathie Pelletier
Call Number: FIU Green Library, General Collection ; QB544.19 .G38 2019
Publication Date: 2019

Related Resources about Solar Eclipses at the FIU Libraries

Empire and the Sun by Alex Soojung Kim Pang
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection -- QB541.P36 2002
ISBN: 0804739250
Publication Date: 2002
Eclipse and Revelation by Henrike Lange (Editor); Tom McLeish (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780192857996
Publication Date: 2024
How the Shaman Stole the Moon by William H. Calvin
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection - GN799.A8C35 1991
ISBN: 0553077406
Publication Date: 1991
The mask, the unicorn, and the messiah; a study in solar eclipse symbolism by Suhr, Elmer
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection -- BL325.E35S93
Publication Date: 1970
Shooting the Sun by Max Byrd
Call Number: Both Hubert and Green libraries, General Collection - PS3552.Y675S47 2004 (Fiction)
Publication Date: 2003
Inspired by Charles Babbage, who believes that his Difference Engine can calculate the longitude of a solar eclipse, astronomer Selena Cott invents a technique to photograph it and embarks on a dangerous journey into the American Southwest.
In Search of Planet Vulcan by Richard Baum; William Sheehan
Call Number: FIU Green Library General Collection - QB605.2.B38 1997
Publication Date: 1997
This fast-paced tale follows the exploits of Le Verrier, and later of his followers to extend the universality of Newton's Laws, to prove Vulcan's existence, and to secure his place in history as one of the greatest astronomers of his time. Stranger than fiction, the story reaches an exciting climax in the final showdown in the unlikeliest of places: America's Wild West.
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Call Number: E-book (Fiction)
ISBN: 9781534437692
Publication Date: 2020
Eclipse Over America--DVD by Nova (Television program)
Call Number: FIU Green Lib Sound and Image Available , New Video Shelf - 5th Fl. ; NVS 8938
ISBN: 9781531702618
Publication Date: 2017
Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse to traverse the US mainland in more than a generation. Discover the storied history of eclipse science and follow current, cutting-edge research into the solar corona.

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A Total Eclipse of the Sun

Solar Eclipses

Eclipse Viewing at FIU's Stocker AstroScience Center!

How to search for books and resources on eclipses in the FIU Libraries' catalog

Total Eclipse book display at the Green Library

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The Total Solar Eclipse across America updated for 2024

Selected Resources on Solar Eclipses and Sun observation from the FIU Libraries

Related Resources about Solar Eclipses at the FIU Libraries

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