Public outreach and education during the 2016 total solar eclipse in Palu and Malang

International Symposium on Sun, Earth, and Life

物理学;天文学;生物科学

Rachmadian, A.P.^1 ; Kunjaya, C.^2 ; Wahono, W.^3 ; Anugrah, A.A.^1

Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N-01, Malang

65151, Indonesia^1

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung

40132, Indonesia^2

Wow Photography, Mangga Besar 8 no 11, Jakarta

11180, Indonesia^3

关键词: High school;    Indonesians;    Public outreaches;    Solar eclipse;    Total solar eclipse;    University campus;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/771/1/012023/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/771/1/012023

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

MAGIC (Ma Chung Galactic Club) of Ma Chung University, Malang, is one of the amateur astronomers club who did public outreach and education during the Total Solar Eclipse March 9, 2016. The motivation for doing this was the bad experience during Total Solar Eclipse 1983. At that time the Indonesian government forbid the people to observe the Total Solar Eclipse in a way to avoid blindness. We try to fix this misunderstanding by educating people the safe way to enjoy the partial and total solar eclipse. MAGIC team was divided into two teams, one team went to Palu and did the solar eclipse related education in six high schools before and during the eclipse. The other team did the observation on Ma Chung University campus, Malang, to accompany people who want to see the partial solar eclipse through filtered telescopes. The sky during the solar eclipse was clear both in Malang and Palu. People were very excited and satisfied with the solar eclipse, and their interest to astronomy is increased.