Next 8 Apr., the Sun will amaze us with a stunning total eclipse. We will bring the show to you live, thanks to an international team.

The 8 Apr. 2024 total solar eclipse: poster of the event

*** Join it LIVE here! ***

Next 8 Apr. 2024, the Sun will offer a stunning total eclipse, mainly visible from the Americas. As in the past, the Virtual Telescope Project will partner with some generous astro-imagers and Institutions there to bring to you the stunning beauty of such a unique event.

So far, the Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Team is composed as below (regularly updated):

• • astrophotographer: Adrian Bradley (Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse, MI, USA);
  • astrophotographer: Gary Varney (Florida, USA);
  • astrophotographer: Karim Jaffer (Montreal Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada);
  • astrophotographer: James McCue (New Mexico, USA);
  • astrophotographer: Sonali Deshmukh (Nebraska, USA)
  • astrophotographer: Bill Longo (Kingston, Ontario, Canada);
  • astrophotographer: Ron Delvaux (Arizona, USA);
  • Host and speaker: Gianluca Masi (Italy)

We also thanks Exploratorium and Griffith Observatory for their support in this effort.

The online, free annular solar  eclipse session is scheduled for 8 Apr. 2024, staring at 17:00 UTC.

To join the 8 Apr. 2024 total solar eclipse live event, you just need to enter, at the date and time above, our webTV page here!

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