{"id":45988,"date":"2023-04-07T22:03:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45988"},"modified":"2023-05-02T18:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:34:04","slug":"acc-experts-one-year-until-austin-witnesses-a-total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/04\/07\/acc-experts-one-year-until-austin-witnesses-a-total-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Experts: One year until Austin witnesses a total solar eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Eclipse Final 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6CIsD6mHaNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mark your calendars now! On April 8, 2024, most of Central Texas will be in the direct line to witness a total solar eclipse. Austin Community College District\u2019s (ACC) Astronomy Department prepares you for this extremely rare event.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to hear from ACC Expert Dr. Michael Endl, ACC Physics associate professor, on what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>Total solar eclipses are rare and can only be seen from certain parts of the Earth, and they last for only a few minutes at most. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking the entire disk of the Sun and casting a shadow on the Earth&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n<p>The Astronomy Department is planning a series of events leading up to the event. Check back here for more information. Almost all ACC campuses will be in the direct path of the total solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>To get started in a career in Astronomy, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/astronomy\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"austincc.edu\/astronomy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/astronomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark your calendars now! On April 8, 2024, most of Central Texas will be in the direct line to witness a total solar eclipse. Austin Community College District\u2019s (ACC) Astronomy Department prepares you for this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/04\/07\/acc-experts-one-year-until-austin-witnesses-a-total-solar-eclipse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":45990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,17,19],"tags":[2110,29,2112,2111,106],"class_list":["post-45988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-acc-experts","tag-astronomy","tag-astronomy-program","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-stem"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}