A conversation with Shawn Laatch and Nikita Saini from the Versant Power Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine about recent total solar eclipse in Maine and the NASA Citizen CATE 2024 project
Shawn Laatch is the Director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine and Nikita Saini is a graduate student in Astronomy in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine and is also a presenter at the Planetarium. Shawn and Nikiti were part of a nationwide NASA Citizen Science program that was focused on learning more about the sun and using the eclipse as a prime opportunity for that research.
Our conversation was recorded in April 2024.