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. Spain map:
Map courtesy of: Jay Anderson, University of Manitoba.
3. Madrid, Spain webcam:
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Image courtesy of Luigino il Pazzo (check his site for image details).
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3. Madrid, Spain radio:

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Music courtesy of Top radio.
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4. For more about Madrid, visit:


Weather & Climatology:

1. Current weather:
Click for Grand Forks, North Dakota Forecast Click for Madrid, Spain Forecast
2. Current satelite:
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Image courtesy of Instituto Nacional de Meteorologica - Espaņa:

3. Climatology:
Eclipse track average cloud coverage. cloud coverage
Eclipse track climatology October climate
Eclipse figure/table/predictions courtesy of Jay Anderson, University of Manitoba.


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.