The Next Great American Eclipse(s)
Channel: Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
Date: 13/01/2023

After a look-back at the August 2017 total solar eclipse, the talk will survey upcoming total solar eclipses visible across North America through the end of the century. Special attention will be given to the October 2023 annular eclipse and April 2024 total eclipse.

A lifelong amateur astronomer, Phil Harrington was bitten by the “astronomical bug” when he was assigned to watch the total lunar eclipse of April 1968 as a homework assignment.  Since then, Phil has spent countless hours touring the universe through telescopes and binoculars. He is a former staff member of New York City’s Hayden Planetarium and instructor at the Vanderbilt Planetarium in Centerport, New York.  Phil is an adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, where he teaches courses in stellar and planetary astronomy.  He is a founding member of the Westport (CT) Astronomical Society and is also one of the coordinators of the annual Astronomer’s Conjunction, held every summer in Northfield, MA.  Phil is also a contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, where he has published more than 200 articles since 1988.  In addition, Phil authors a monthly “Cosmic Challenge” feature on Cloudynights.com.  Beyond these, he has written for Deep Sky and Sky & Telescope magazines, as well as other periodicals.  Phil has undergraduate degrees in science education from Wagner College and mechanical engineering from New York Institute of Technology,  as well as a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from New York Institute of Technology.