"Citizen Scientists Aid NASA in Unraveling Solar Mysteries During 2024 Eclipse"

NASA's Eclipse Megamovie Project 2024 aims to enlist citizen scientists equipped with DSLR cameras and equatorial mounts to capture around 1,200 images of the corona and chromosphere during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The project seeks to help solar physicists solve the mystery of solar jets and plumes, providing valuable data that cannot be obtained through space-based observations. With improved equipment and an expected increase in solar activity, the project aims to produce more detailed and dramatic images compared to the 2017 effort.