SUNSKETCHER….A SMARTPHONE APP DEVELOPED BY WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FACULITY AND STUDENTS…..AS PART OF A NASA-FUNDED CITIZEN
SCIENCE PROJECT TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL EIGHTH…..IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE “APP” STORE FOR I-O-S DEVISES…..
VOLUNTEERS IN 12 STATES…..ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY….WILL USE THE APP TO RECORD ECLIPSE IMAGES OF “BAILEY’S BEADS” AROUND THE EDGE OF THE
MOON….AND TRANSMIT THOSE IMAGES TO WESTERN FOR ANALYSIS TO MEASURE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE SUN….
ABOUT 10 W-K-USTUDENTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE “SUNSKETCHER PROJECT”…..AND THE “APP” FOR ANDROID DEVICES WILL BE
AVAILABLE SOON……