2024 Solar Eclipse from Kitt Peak

For the last week, it’s been almost impossible to turn on the news and not hear about the great solar eclipse that passed over much of North America yesterday. Eclipse totality cut a swath right through the middle of the United States ranging from Texas through Maine. Unfortunately, I was scheduled to operate the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona the night before the eclipse, which meant there was no way I could make it to the zone of totality in time to actua...