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Palencia Announces ‘Solpé’ Solar Symposium for May 18 Ahead of August 12 Total Eclipse

Free registration opens to prepare students and residents for safe, informed viewing of August’s totality.

Overview

  • Provincial leaders unveiled the Solpé program and opened free sign-ups at astroturismopalencia.es.
  • The one-day international symposium will take place May 18 in Palencia with seven invited experts.
  • Three speakers lead key instruments on the ESANASA Solar Orbiter mission: PHI, EPD and the Metis coronagraph.
  • An ESA engineer pointed to new Artemis II images of the Moon covering the Sun’s corona to connect spaceflight with the coming eclipse.
  • Palencia sits in the path of totality on August 12, with darkness expected to last roughly 30 seconds to 1 minute 40 seconds across the province.