Eclipse Helped Rochester Alumnus See Solar Corona in New Light

Observations made by William Harkness during the 1869 total eclipse led to a pivotal discovery about the sun’s corona.

When it comes to studying solar eclipses, University of Rochester scholars have been at it a long time. Case in point: Alumnus William Harkness, whose observations of the sun’s corona during a total solar eclipse in 1869 have been hailed by some astronomers as a “landmark discovery.”

Read more: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/what-is-suns-solar-corona-definition-eclipse-596802/

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Video Producer: AJ Pow
Narration: David Andreatta

Footage courtesy of:
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video supplied by Steven Molina via Getty Images

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