{"id":777529,"date":"2024-02-20T17:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777529"},"modified":"2024-02-20T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:58:50","slug":"become-a-sunsketcher-and-help-measure-the-shape-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777529","title":{"rendered":"Become a SunSketcher, and Help Measure the Shape of the Sun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"margin-0 padding-0\">During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we need help from volunteers from along the eclipse\u2019s path of totality \u2013 the region from Texas to Maine where the Moon will completely block the Sun\u2019s light \u2013 to help create a movie of the eclipse. Using the free SunSketcher smartphone app, you\u2019ll capture views of the eclipse and trace tiny slivers of sunlight that pass through the valleys on the surface of the Moon. The science team will combine your images with precision maps of the Moon collected by NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to measure the Sun\u2019s size and shape precisely.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/get-involved\/citizen-science\/become-a-sunsketcher-and-help-measure-the-shape-of-the-sun\/?rand=772114\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we need help from volunteers from along the eclipse\u2019s path of totality \u2013 the region from Texas to Maine where the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":777530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=777529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/777530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}