{"id":85025,"date":"2024-03-13T09:04:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=85025"},"modified":"2024-03-14T08:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:42:27","slug":"experiencing-totality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_13_2024\/experiencing-totality","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Totality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Espenak, a retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus known as \u201cMr. Eclipse,\u201d shared personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years as well as what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse over Toledo during his Tuesday evening lecture at Doermann Theatre as part of the Doermann Distinguished Lecture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-85034\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-MAIN-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Espenak, a retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus known as \u201cMr. Eclipse,\u201d shared personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years as well as what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse over Toledo during his Tuesday evening lecture at Doermann Theatre as part of the Doermann Distinguished Lecture.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-MAIN-2.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-MAIN-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espenak, who earned a master\u2019s degree in physics from The University of Toledo in 1976, has curated three websites, written dozens of books and generated thousands of predictions and maps on the topic of eclipses. His photographs of the phenomenon have been published in numerous magazines, and one is featured on a stamp the U.S. Postal Service released to commemorate the most recent total solar eclipse whose path crossed the United States in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85035\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-STORY.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Espenak, a retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus known as \u201cMr. Eclipse,\u201d shared personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years as well as what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse over Toledo during his Tuesday evening lecture at Doermann Theatre as part of the Doermann Distinguished Lecture.\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-STORY.jpg 392w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-STORY-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo will host a free, public event to view the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to experience the eclipse on campus between noon and 6 p.m. Glass Bowl Stadium will welcome guests to its student- and visitor-side stands, offering the best view of the eclipse and commentary provided by UToledo\u2019s Department of Physics and Astronomy.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the eclipse viewing event, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/eclipse\/\">UToledo eclipse website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_13_2024\/experiencing-totality\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mr-Eclipse-MAIN-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fred Espenak, a retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus known as \u201cMr. Eclipse,\u201d shared personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years as well as what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse over Toledo during his Tuesday evening lecture at Doermann Theatre as part of the Doermann Distinguished Lecture.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Fred Espenak, a retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus known as \u201cMr. Eclipse,\u201d shared personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years as well as what to expect during the April 8 total solar eclipse over Toledo during his Tuesday evening lecture at Doermann Theatre as part of the Doermann Distinguished Lecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":85034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,39,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85025"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85038,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85025\/revisions\/85038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}