Eclipses: Crash Course Astronomy #5

The big question in the comments last week was, "BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSES?" Today, Phil breaks 'em down for you.

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As promised, Phil's sun spotting recommendations:

Astronomers Without Borders (charitable org): http://store.astronomerswithoutborder...

Rainbow Symphony glasses (I have these myself): http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/solecl...

Wide variety of viewers from Rainbow Symphony: http://www.eclipseglasses2017.com/buy...

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Solar Eclips 0:59
Lunar Eclipse 1:03
Moon's Orbit 1:23
Size of the Earth and Moon 8:24

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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstude...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse#...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ec...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ec...
http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queen...
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queen...
http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YX2b...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ec...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lun...
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_ec...
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...

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