Do you want to tune into this at 7pm? -- Tamsen Young Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager The Museum at FIT New York City 212.217.4547 www.fitnyc.edu/museum
Visit our collections online <http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/> | Find us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/museumatFIT> | Instagram <https://instagram.com/museumatfit/> <https://twitter.com/museumatFIT> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Rob Rothfarb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello MCN list members! > > Today, the Exploratorium, in partnership with NASA and the NSF, is > presenting our live webcast of the total solar eclipse happening over the > south pacific. We have a production crew on the Micronesian island of > Woleai, with telescopes and satellite uplink. I'm producing the streaming > which is available on our website at http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse. > I hope you can tune in. The telescope feed begins at 4PM PST today and our > webcast with hosts from the Exploratorium and NASA is from 5:00PM - 6:00PM > PST. We also have a telescope feed with narration in Spanish from 5:15PM - > 5:45PM PST. A full four minutes of eclipse totality begins at 5:38 PM PST. > > We're doing several experiments with the project which you can also check > out: > > 1) Total Solar Eclipse app for Android is available on Google Play and > allows you to view all four live streams as well as on-demand videos about > eclipses and past eclipse expeditions. > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.exploratorium.totalsolareclipse > > 2) Watch the total solar eclipse live streams in Second Life on > Exploratorium Island and on Science Circle sims. More info here: > > http://www.exploratorium.edu/blogs/eclipse/come-our-island-second-life-watch-eclipse-webcast > > 3) We're also streaming via Internet2 multicast. To view you must be > connected to a research & education network (like CalREN in California or > other regional I2-connected network). Use the free VLC media player and > browse 'Network streams (SAP) to find the stream links. More info here: > http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/multicast > > I hope you can check it out and welcome any feedback about our webcast and > streaming experiments. > > best regards, > -Rob > > Rob Rothfarb > Project Director > Online Media Group > (415) 528-4844 > e x p l O r a t o r i u m / San Francisco > http://www.exploratorium.edu > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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