Citizen CATE 2024: Extending totality during the 8 April 2024 total solar eclipse with a distributed network of community participants

Kovac, S. A., Caspi, A., Seaton, D. B., Zietlow, D., Bryans, P., et al. (2026). Citizen CATE 2024: Extending totality during the 8 April 2024 total solar eclipse with a distributed network of community participants. Solar Physics, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-025-02588-9

Title Citizen CATE 2024: Extending totality during the 8 April 2024 total solar eclipse with a distributed network of community participants
Genre Article
Author(s) Sarah A. Kovac, A. Caspi, D. B. Seaton, Daniel Zietlow, Paul Bryans, Joan R. Burkepile, S. J. Davis, C. E. DeForest, D. Elmore, S. Gosain, Rebecca Haacker, M. Hughes, J. Jackiewicz, V. Klein, D. Lamb, V. M. Pillet, E. McUmber, R. Patel, K. Reardon, W. Reed, A. Tosolini, A. E. Ursache, J. K. Williams, P. A. Yanamandra-Fisher, J. Carini, C. H. Gardner, S. Laatsch, P. H. Reiff, N. Saini, R. L. Weir, K. F. Baasch, J. Bellefontaine, T. D. Collins, R. J. Ferko, L. Ferrer, M. Hill, J. M. Kessler, J. A. Lusk, J. Miller-Ray, C. Morales, B. W. Murphy, K. L. Olson, M. J. Percy, G. Perry, A. A. Rivera, A. W. Shaw, E. Stinnett, E. L. Thompson, H. S. Wilkins, Y. Zhang, A. Allison, J. J. Alves, A. A. Alvis, L. J. Alvis, A. J. G. Angeles, A. Batchelor, R. Benedict, A. Bettati, A. Bevill, Katherine Bibee Wolfson, C. R. Bingham, B. A. Bolton, I. P. Borunda, M. F. Borunda, A. Bowen, D. L. Brookshier, M. Brown, F. Bruenjes, L. Bunselmeier, B. E. Burke, B. Chen, C. Chen, Z. Chen, M. C. Long, N. D. Cook, T. Copeland, A. J. Corter, L. L. Corter, M. J. Corter, T. N. Costilow, L. E. Cypert, D. Crouch-Bond, B. Csatho, C. C. Cundiff, S. S. Cundiff, D. DeMotta, J. Dickey, H. L. Dirlam, N. Dodson, D. Driver, J. Dudley-Winter, J. Dulyanunt, J. R. Duncan, S. C. Dyer, L. D. Eason, T. E. Eason, J. L. Edwards, J. N. Eisenhour, O. N. Erho, E. J. Fleming, A. J. Fritsch, S. D. Frosch, S. Gagan, J. Gamble, C. L. Geisheimer, A. George, T. D. Gough, J. L. Gowing, R. Greeson, J. D. Griffin, J. L. Grover, S. L. Grover, A. Hadley, A. S. Hailey, K. B. Halasa, J. Harrison, R. H. Herman, M. Hentnik, R. Hentnik, M. Herman, B. G. Henderson, D. T. Henderson, J. M. Henthorn, T. Hogue, B. J. House, T. R. Howe, B. N. Isola, M. A. Iwen, J. Johnson, R. O. Johnson, S. P. Jones, H. Karimi, K. R. Kiser, M. K. Koomson, M. M. Koss, R. P. Kovacs, C. A. K. Martin, K. Lange, K. L. Leathers, M. H. Lee, K. W. Lehman, G. R. Leopold, Hsiao-Chun Lin, H. Liptak, L. Liptak, M. A. Liptak, A. Lopez, E. L. Lopez, D. Loving, A. Luehmann, K. M. Lusk, T. L. MacDonald, I. A. Mannings, P. Marin, C. J. Martin, J. Martin, A. O. Martinez, T. L. Martinez, Elizabeth Mays, S. McGowan, E. M. McHenry, K. Meszaros, T. J. Metivier, Q. W. Miller, A. V. Miranda, C. Miranda, P. Miranda, D. M. W. Mitchell, L. N. Montgomery, L. B. Moore, C. P. Morse, I. S. Morse, R. Mukundan, P. T. Murphy, N. J. Narvaez, A. Nasreldin, T. Neel, T. A. Nelson, E. Nestlerode, A. Z. Neuville, B. A. Neuville, A. Newberg, J. L. Nicholson, M. F. Nickens, S. Niu, J. O'Brien, L. A. Otero, J. A. Ott, J. M. Ott, M. E. Ott, S. Pant, I. Parmuzin, E. J. Parr, S. P. Paudel, Courtney Payne, H. B. Phillips, E. R. Prinkey, Kwesi T. Quagraine, W. J. Reddish, A. Rhodes, S. K. Rimler, C. S. Rocazella, T. E. Rodgers, D. Rogers, O. R. Ross, B. D. Roth, Melissa Rummel, J. F. Rusho, M. W. Sampson, S. Saucerman, J. Scoville, M. W. Seifert, M. H. Seile, A. Shahab, T. G. Skirko, D. C. Smith, Emily Snode-Brenneman, C. Spaulding, N. Srivastava, A. L. Strecker, A. Sweets, M. Taylor, D. S. Teuscher, O. Totten, S. Totten, A. Totten, C. R. Ursache, S. V. Benedict, Y. Vasquez, R. A. Vincent, A. Webb, W. Webb, R. M. Weinschenk, S. Weinschenk, C. A. Wendel, E. Wheeler, B. A. Whitehouse, G. J. Whitehouse, D. A. Wiesner, P. J. Williams, J. A. Zakelj
Abstract The Citizen CATE 2024 next-generation experiment placed 43 identical telescope and camera setups along the path of totality during the total solar eclipse (TSE) on 8 April 2024 to capture a 60-minute movie of the inner and middle solar corona in polarized visible light. The 2024 TSE path covered a large geographic swath of North America and we recruited and trained 36 teams of community participants representative of the various communities along the path of totality. Afterwards, these teams retained the equipment in their communities for on-going education and public engagement activities. Participants ranged from students (K12, undergraduate, and graduate), educators, and adult learners to amateur and professional astronomers. In addition to equipment for their communities, CATE 2024 teams received hands-on telescope training, educational and learning materials, and instruction on data analysis techniques.
Publication Title Solar Physics
Publication Date Jan 22, 2026
Publisher's Version of Record https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-025-02588-9
OpenSky Citable URL https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7zw1rf3
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