{"670401":{"#nid":"670401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jim Sowell Talks About Watching Annular Eclipse","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJim Sowell, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E, will be keeping his eyes on the sky this weekend \u2014 and he says you should do the same.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/future-eclipses\/eclipse-2023\/where-when\/\u0022\u003Eannular eclipse\u003C\/a\u003E is set to take place Saturday, Oct. 14. It will cross North, Central, and South America with varying degrees of visibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The entire country will see at least a partial eclipse,\u0022 Sowell said. \u0022Go out and experience it and see it for yourself.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Atlanta, viewers will see a partial solar eclipse and notice the sky is darker than usual. In parts of the country where the eclipse will be seen in totality, it will look like a \u0022ring of fire\u0022 around the moon. This rare event won\u2019t happen again in the U.S. for more than 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Observatory will be open for viewing of the event on Oct. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with telescopes on the grounds of the Howey Physics Building. All viewing events are contingent on clear weather; monitor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eastronomy.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for updates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EVideo courtesy of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/weather.com\/\u0022\u003EThe Weather Channel\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJim Sowell talks about Georgia Tech\u0027s observatory, what can be learned from an eclipse, and why you should watch for it wherever you are.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jim Sowell talks about Georgia Tech\u0027s observatory, what can be learned from an eclipse, and why you should watch for it wherever you are. "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2023-10-13 00:38:50","changed_gmt":"2024-02-05 14:34:20","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656052":{"id":"656052","type":"image","title":"Jim Sowell","body":null,"created":"1646419338","gmt_created":"2022-03-04 18:42:18","changed":"1646419367","gmt_changed":"2022-03-04 18:42:47","alt":"Jim Sowell with telescope","file":{"fid":"248712","name":"Jim Sowell.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Sowell_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Sowell_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1736915,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jim%20Sowell_0.jpg?itok=Sbaoo1DU"}},"672041":{"id":"672041","type":"video","title":"Jim Sowell Talks About Annular Eclipse","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJim Sowell, director of the Campus Observatory, talks about the eclipse that will take place Oct. 14, 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1697157762","gmt_created":"2023-10-13 00:42:42","changed":"1697157762","gmt_changed":"2023-10-13 00:42:42","video":{"youtube_id":"jMA5zhsS9XY","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jMA5zhsS9XY"}}},"media_ids":["656052","672041"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Observatory"},{"url":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/future-eclipses\/eclipse-2023\/where-when\/","title":"NASA: Oct. 14, 2023, Annular Eclipse Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jess.hunt@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJess Hunt-Ralston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}