IAU Office of Astronomy for Education

Images from the total solar eclipse of April 8th, 2024

The Sun before the eclipse
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Solar eclipse at 10%
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Solar eclipse at 30%
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Solar eclipse at 50%
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Solar eclipse at 70%
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Solar eclipse at 90%
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Solar eclipse phases
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Baily's Beads
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Solar prominences
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Moon covering the Sun
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Solar corona
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Diamond ring
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The Office of Astronomy for Education is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie on the campus of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The Office of Astronomy for Education is an office of the International Astronomical Union, with substantial funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Shaw-IAU Workshops on Astronomy for Education
are funded by the Shaw Prize Foundation.