Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative

A citizen science team broadcasting new and exciting views of eclipses.

DEB team publishes on Eclipse 2024 coronal observations

Published on July 20, 2026 in ApJL, Structure and Dynamics of the Inner Corona Measured from the DEB Initiative 2024 Eclipse Image Sequence describes the coronal structure and calculates the radial component of plasma velocity using citizen science data collected from 11 volunteer sites in North America during the 8 April 2028 total solar eclipse.

 

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DEB observer captures X4.5 white light solar flare

DEB site 43 in Brandenburg, KY operated by volunteer Jonathan Mangin captured an X4.5 white light solar flare on 14 Sep 2024.  Preliminary analyis shows a significant flare signature below the sunspot group. See the observations page for more details. 

Ongoing solar flare observations

DEB observers are encouraged to sign up for daily solar observing timeslots to help collect data in our solar flare observation campaign.  See the observations page for more details.  Images from observing sites will be uploaded live to our project’s image server linked below.