EXPEDITION:

Who:
1. Dr. Timothy Young (Physics department @ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA).
2. Dr. Ronald Marsh (Computer Science department @ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA).

Where:

1. World map:
Map courtesy of: CIA World factbook
2. Panama map:
Map courtesy of: Jay Anderson


Weather:

Eclipse track average cloud coverage. cloud coverage
Eclipse track climatology April climate

Eclipse figure/table/predictions courtesy of Jay Anderson, University of Manitoba.

NOAA real time GOES visible imagery, Eastern Pacific:

(This image will refresh every 30 minutes.)



Equipment:

Telescopes:

  1. One Celestron Nexstar 8" reflector.
  2. One TeleVue Ranger 40 mm refractor with a Coronado H-alpha filter.
  3. One Advanced Series GC celestron mount.
Cameras:
  1. Two JVC GR-DV500u video camcorders.
  2. Two Philips ToUcam Pro II webcams.
  3. One Fuji Finepix s5000 CCD camera.
  4. One Nikon Coolpix 4300 CCD camera.
Computers:
  1. Two IBM Thinkpad laptops.
  2. One Sony Vaio laptop.
Miscellaneous:
  1. One Garmin GPS receiver.
  2. One GPS OSD time insertion unit.
  3. Miscellaneous power supplies and outliet strips.