1. NCAR Mauna Loa Solar Observatory

    Blue skies—and more data

    NCAR’s Coronal Multichannel Polarimeter (CoMP) found a new home early this year on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, a high-elevation paradise for astronomical observers.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  2. Alice Lecinski, Phil Judge, and Don Kolinski

    A century of eclipses

    Between 1969 and 1971, NCAR scientist John Eddy set out to archive an important part of the history of both photography and astronomy. Eddy collected more than 100 pictures of total solar eclipses taken from the late 1800s into the mid-1900s.

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  3. Roger Wakimoto at VORTEX2

    Wakimoto at the helm

    In January 2010, Roger Wakimoto was asked to direct NCAR. “Roger is a world-class scientist and administrator with broad knowledge of both the atmospheric sciences and the university community that NCAR serves,” says UCAR president Richard Anthes.

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