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Citizen CATE 2024: Extending Totality During the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with a Distributed Network of Community Participants

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Main Authors:	Kovac, Sarah A., Caspi, Amir, Seaton, Daniel B., Bryans, Paul, Burkepile, Joan R., Davis, Sarah J., DeForest, Craig E., Elmore, David, Gosain, Sanjay, Haacker, Rebecca, Hughes, Marcus, Jackiewicz, Jason, Klein, Viliam, Lamb, Derek, Pillet, Valentin Martinez, McUmber, Evy, Patel, Ritesh, Reardon, Kevin, Reed, Willow, Tosolini, Anna, Ursache, Andrei E., Williams, John K., Yanamandra-Fisher, Padma A., Zietlow, Daniel W., Carini, John, Gardner, Charles H., Laatsch, Shawn, Reiff, Patricia H., Saini, Nikita, Weir, Rachael L., Baasch, Kira F., Bellefontaine, Jacquelyn, Collins, Timothy D., Ferko, Ryan J., Ferrer, Leticia, Hill, Margaret, Kessler, Jonathan M., Lusk, Jeremy A., Miller-Ray, Jennifer, Morales III, Catarino, Murphy, Brian W., Olson, Kayla L., Percy, Mark J., Perry, Gwen, Rivera, Andrea A., Shaw, Aarran W., Stinnett, Erik, Thompson, Eden L., Wilkins, Hazel S., Zhang, Yue, Allison, Angel, Alves, John J., Alvis, Angelica A., Alvis, Lucinda J., Angeles, Alvin J. G., Batchelor, Aalasia, Benedict, Robert, Bettati, Amelia, Bevill, Abbie, Wolfson, Katherine Bibee, Bingham, Christina Raye, Bolton, Bradley A., Borunda, Iris P., Borunda, Mario F., Bowen, Adam, Brookshier, Daniel L., Brown, MerRick, Bruenjes, Fred, Bunselmeier, Lisa, Burke, Brian E., Chen, Bo, Chen, Chi-Jui, Chen, Zhean, Long, Marcia Chenevey, Cook, Nathaniel D., Copeland, Tommy, Corter, Adrian J., Corter, Lawson L., Corter, Michael J., Costilow, Theresa N., Cypert, Lori E., Crouch-Bond, Derrion, Csatho, Beata, Cundiff, Clayton C., Cundiff, Stella S., DeMotta, Darrell, Dickey, Judy, Dirlam, Hannah L., Dodson, Nathan, Driver, Donovan, Dudley-Winter, Jennifer, Dulyanunt, Justin, Duncan, Jordan R., Dyer, Scarlett C., Eason, Lizabeth D., Eason, Timothy E., Edwards, Jerry L., Eisenhour, Jaylynn N., Erho, Ogheneovo N., Fleming, Elijah J., Fritsch III, Andrew J., Frosch, Stephanie D., Gagan, Sahir, Gamble, Joshua, Geisheimer, Caitlyn L., George, Ashleyahna, Gough, Treva D., Gowing, Jo Lin, Greeson, Robert, Griffin, Julie D., Grover, Justin L., Grover, Simon L., Hadley, Annie, Hailey, Austin S., Halasa, Katrina B., Harrison, Jacob, Herman, Rachael Heltz, Hentnik, Melissa, Hentnik, Robert, Herman, Mark, Henderson, Brenda G., Henderson, David T., Henthorn II, J. Michael, Hogue, Thomas, House, Billy J., Howe, Toni Ray, Isola, Brianna N., Iwen, Mark A., Johnson, Jordyn, Johnson III, Richard O., Jones, Sophia P., Karimi, Hanieh, Kiser, Katy R., Koomson Jr., Michael K., Koss, Morgan M., Kovacs, Ryan P., Martin, Carol A. Kovalak, Lange, Kassidy, Leathers, Kyle Lawrence, Lee, Michael H., Lehman, Kevin W., Leopold, Garret R., Lin, Hsiao-Chun, Liptak, Heather, Liptak, Logan, Liptak, Michael A., Lopez, Alonso, Lopez, Evan L., Loving, Don, Luehmann, April, Lusk, Kristen M., MacDonald, Tia L., Mannings, Ian A., Marin, Priscilla, Martin, Christopher J., Martin, Jamie, Martinez, Alejandra Olivia, Martinez, Terah L., Mays, Elizabeth S., McGowan, Seth, McHenry III, Edward M., Meszaros, Kaz, Metivier, Tyler J., Miller, Quinn W., Miranda, Adam V., Miranda, Carlos, Miranda, Pranvera, Mitchell, David M. W., Montgomery, Lydia N., Morse, Christopher P., Moore, Lillie B., Morse, Ira S., Mukundan, Raman, Murphy, Patrick T., Narvaez, Nicarao J., Nasreldin, Ahmed, Neel, Thomas, Nelson, Travis A., Nestlerode, Ellianna, Neuville, Adam Z., Neuville, Brian A., Newberg, Allison, Nicholson, Jeremy L., Nickens, Makenna F., Niu, Sining, O'Brien, Jedidiah, Otero, Luis A., Ott, Jacob A., Ott, Joel A., Ott, Justin M., Ott, Michael E., Pant, Shekhar, Parmuzin, Ivan, Parr, Eric J., Paudel, Sagar P., Payne, Courtney M., Phillips, Hayden B., Prinkey, Elizabeth R., Quagraine, Kwesi A., Reddish, Wesley J., Rhodes, Azariah, Rimler, Stephen Kyle, Rocazella, Carlyn S., Rodgers, Tiska E., Rogers, Devalyn, Ross, Oren R., Roth, Benjamin D., Rummel, Melissa, Rusho, John F., Sampson, Michael W., Saucerman, Sophia, Scoville, James, Seifert, Martin Wayne, Seile Sr., Michael H., Skirko, Thomas G., Shahab, Asad, Smith, David C., Snode-Brenneman, Emily R., Spaulding, Cassandra, Srivastava, Neha, Strecker, Amy L., Sweets, Aidan, Taylor, Morghan, Teuscher, Deborah S., Totten, Owen, Totten, Stephen, Totten, Stephanie, Totten, Andrew, Ursache, Corina R., Benedict, Susan V., Vasquez, Yolanda, Vincent, R. Anthony, Webb, Alan, Webb, Walter, Weinschenk, Roderick M., Weinschenk, Sedrick, Wendel, Cash A., Wheeler, Elisabeth, Whitehouse, Bethany A., Whitehouse, Gabriel J., Wiesner, David A., Williams, Philip J., Zakelj, John A.
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author	Kovac, Sarah A. Caspi, Amir Seaton, Daniel B. Bryans, Paul Burkepile, Joan R. Davis, Sarah J. DeForest, Craig E. Elmore, David Gosain, Sanjay Haacker, Rebecca Hughes, Marcus Jackiewicz, Jason Klein, Viliam Lamb, Derek Pillet, Valentin Martinez McUmber, Evy Patel, Ritesh Reardon, Kevin Reed, Willow Tosolini, Anna Ursache, Andrei E. Williams, John K. Yanamandra-Fisher, Padma A. Zietlow, Daniel W. Carini, John Gardner, Charles H. Laatsch, Shawn Reiff, Patricia H. Saini, Nikita Weir, Rachael L. Baasch, Kira F. Bellefontaine, Jacquelyn Collins, Timothy D. Ferko, Ryan J. Ferrer, Leticia Hill, Margaret Kessler, Jonathan M. Lusk, Jeremy A. Miller-Ray, Jennifer Morales III, Catarino Murphy, Brian W. Olson, Kayla L. Percy, Mark J. Perry, Gwen Rivera, Andrea A. Shaw, Aarran W. Stinnett, Erik Thompson, Eden L. Wilkins, Hazel S. Zhang, Yue Allison, Angel Alves, John J. Alvis, Angelica A. Alvis, Lucinda J. Angeles, Alvin J. G. Batchelor, Aalasia Benedict, Robert Bettati, Amelia Bevill, Abbie Wolfson, Katherine Bibee Bingham, Christina Raye Bolton, Bradley A. Borunda, Iris P. Borunda, Mario F. Bowen, Adam Brookshier, Daniel L. Brown, MerRick Bruenjes, Fred Bunselmeier, Lisa Burke, Brian E. Chen, Bo Chen, Chi-Jui Chen, Zhean Long, Marcia Chenevey Cook, Nathaniel D. Copeland, Tommy Corter, Adrian J. Corter, Lawson L. Corter, Michael J. Costilow, Theresa N. Cypert, Lori E. Crouch-Bond, Derrion Csatho, Beata Cundiff, Clayton C. Cundiff, Stella S. DeMotta, Darrell Dickey, Judy Dirlam, Hannah L. Dodson, Nathan Driver, Donovan Dudley-Winter, Jennifer Dulyanunt, Justin Duncan, Jordan R. Dyer, Scarlett C. Eason, Lizabeth D. Eason, Timothy E. Edwards, Jerry L. Eisenhour, Jaylynn N. Erho, Ogheneovo N. Fleming, Elijah J. Fritsch III, Andrew J. Frosch, Stephanie D. Gagan, Sahir Gamble, Joshua Geisheimer, Caitlyn L. George, Ashleyahna Gough, Treva D. Gowing, Jo Lin Greeson, Robert Griffin, Julie D. Grover, Justin L. Grover, Simon L. Hadley, Annie Hailey, Austin S. Halasa, Katrina B. Harrison, Jacob Herman, Rachael Heltz Hentnik, Melissa Hentnik, Robert Herman, Mark Henderson, Brenda G. Henderson, David T. Henthorn II, J. Michael Hogue, Thomas House, Billy J. Howe, Toni Ray Isola, Brianna N. Iwen, Mark A. Johnson, Jordyn Johnson III, Richard O. Jones, Sophia P. Karimi, Hanieh Kiser, Katy R. Koomson Jr., Michael K. Koss, Morgan M. Kovacs, Ryan P. Martin, Carol A. Kovalak Lange, Kassidy Leathers, Kyle Lawrence Lee, Michael H. Lehman, Kevin W. Leopold, Garret R. Lin, Hsiao-Chun Liptak, Heather Liptak, Logan Liptak, Michael A. Lopez, Alonso Lopez, Evan L. Loving, Don Luehmann, April Lusk, Kristen M. MacDonald, Tia L. Mannings, Ian A. Marin, Priscilla Martin, Christopher J. Martin, Jamie Martinez, Alejandra Olivia Martinez, Terah L. Mays, Elizabeth S. McGowan, Seth McHenry III, Edward M. Meszaros, Kaz Metivier, Tyler J. Miller, Quinn W. Miranda, Adam V. Miranda, Carlos Miranda, Pranvera Mitchell, David M. W. Montgomery, Lydia N. Morse, Christopher P. Moore, Lillie B. Morse, Ira S. Mukundan, Raman Murphy, Patrick T. Narvaez, Nicarao J. Nasreldin, Ahmed Neel, Thomas Nelson, Travis A. Nestlerode, Ellianna Neuville, Adam Z. Neuville, Brian A. Newberg, Allison Nicholson, Jeremy L. Nickens, Makenna F. Niu, Sining O'Brien, Jedidiah Otero, Luis A. Ott, Jacob A. Ott, Joel A. Ott, Justin M. Ott, Michael E. Pant, Shekhar Parmuzin, Ivan Parr, Eric J. Paudel, Sagar P. Payne, Courtney M. Phillips, Hayden B. Prinkey, Elizabeth R. Quagraine, Kwesi A. Reddish, Wesley J. Rhodes, Azariah Rimler, Stephen Kyle Rocazella, Carlyn S. Rodgers, Tiska E. Rogers, Devalyn Ross, Oren R. Roth, Benjamin D. Rummel, Melissa Rusho, John F. Sampson, Michael W. Saucerman, Sophia Scoville, James Seifert, Martin Wayne Seile Sr., Michael H. Skirko, Thomas G. Shahab, Asad Smith, David C. Snode-Brenneman, Emily R. Spaulding, Cassandra Srivastava, Neha Strecker, Amy L. Sweets, Aidan Taylor, Morghan Teuscher, Deborah S. Totten, Owen Totten, Stephen Totten, Stephanie Totten, Andrew Ursache, Corina R. Benedict, Susan V. Vasquez, Yolanda Vincent, R. Anthony Webb, Alan Webb, Walter Weinschenk, Roderick M. Weinschenk, Sedrick Wendel, Cash A. Wheeler, Elisabeth Whitehouse, Bethany A. Whitehouse, Gabriel J. Wiesner, David A. Williams, Philip J. Zakelj, John A.
author_facet	Kovac, Sarah A. Caspi, Amir Seaton, Daniel B. Bryans, Paul Burkepile, Joan R. Davis, Sarah J. DeForest, Craig E. Elmore, David Gosain, Sanjay Haacker, Rebecca Hughes, Marcus Jackiewicz, Jason Klein, Viliam Lamb, Derek Pillet, Valentin Martinez McUmber, Evy Patel, Ritesh Reardon, Kevin Reed, Willow Tosolini, Anna Ursache, Andrei E. Williams, John K. Yanamandra-Fisher, Padma A. Zietlow, Daniel W. Carini, John Gardner, Charles H. Laatsch, Shawn Reiff, Patricia H. Saini, Nikita Weir, Rachael L. Baasch, Kira F. Bellefontaine, Jacquelyn Collins, Timothy D. Ferko, Ryan J. Ferrer, Leticia Hill, Margaret Kessler, Jonathan M. Lusk, Jeremy A. Miller-Ray, Jennifer Morales III, Catarino Murphy, Brian W. Olson, Kayla L. Percy, Mark J. Perry, Gwen Rivera, Andrea A. Shaw, Aarran W. Stinnett, Erik Thompson, Eden L. Wilkins, Hazel S. Zhang, Yue Allison, Angel Alves, John J. Alvis, Angelica A. Alvis, Lucinda J. Angeles, Alvin J. G. Batchelor, Aalasia Benedict, Robert Bettati, Amelia Bevill, Abbie Wolfson, Katherine Bibee Bingham, Christina Raye Bolton, Bradley A. Borunda, Iris P. Borunda, Mario F. Bowen, Adam Brookshier, Daniel L. Brown, MerRick Bruenjes, Fred Bunselmeier, Lisa Burke, Brian E. Chen, Bo Chen, Chi-Jui Chen, Zhean Long, Marcia Chenevey Cook, Nathaniel D. Copeland, Tommy Corter, Adrian J. Corter, Lawson L. Corter, Michael J. Costilow, Theresa N. Cypert, Lori E. Crouch-Bond, Derrion Csatho, Beata Cundiff, Clayton C. Cundiff, Stella S. DeMotta, Darrell Dickey, Judy Dirlam, Hannah L. Dodson, Nathan Driver, Donovan Dudley-Winter, Jennifer Dulyanunt, Justin Duncan, Jordan R. Dyer, Scarlett C. Eason, Lizabeth D. Eason, Timothy E. Edwards, Jerry L. Eisenhour, Jaylynn N. Erho, Ogheneovo N. Fleming, Elijah J. Fritsch III, Andrew J. Frosch, Stephanie D. Gagan, Sahir Gamble, Joshua Geisheimer, Caitlyn L. George, Ashleyahna Gough, Treva D. Gowing, Jo Lin Greeson, Robert Griffin, Julie D. Grover, Justin L. Grover, Simon L. Hadley, Annie Hailey, Austin S. Halasa, Katrina B. Harrison, Jacob Herman, Rachael Heltz Hentnik, Melissa Hentnik, Robert Herman, Mark Henderson, Brenda G. Henderson, David T. Henthorn II, J. Michael Hogue, Thomas House, Billy J. Howe, Toni Ray Isola, Brianna N. Iwen, Mark A. Johnson, Jordyn Johnson III, Richard O. Jones, Sophia P. Karimi, Hanieh Kiser, Katy R. Koomson Jr., Michael K. Koss, Morgan M. Kovacs, Ryan P. Martin, Carol A. Kovalak Lange, Kassidy Leathers, Kyle Lawrence Lee, Michael H. Lehman, Kevin W. Leopold, Garret R. Lin, Hsiao-Chun Liptak, Heather Liptak, Logan Liptak, Michael A. Lopez, Alonso Lopez, Evan L. Loving, Don Luehmann, April Lusk, Kristen M. MacDonald, Tia L. Mannings, Ian A. Marin, Priscilla Martin, Christopher J. Martin, Jamie Martinez, Alejandra Olivia Martinez, Terah L. Mays, Elizabeth S. McGowan, Seth McHenry III, Edward M. Meszaros, Kaz Metivier, Tyler J. Miller, Quinn W. Miranda, Adam V. Miranda, Carlos Miranda, Pranvera Mitchell, David M. W. Montgomery, Lydia N. Morse, Christopher P. Moore, Lillie B. Morse, Ira S. Mukundan, Raman Murphy, Patrick T. Narvaez, Nicarao J. Nasreldin, Ahmed Neel, Thomas Nelson, Travis A. Nestlerode, Ellianna Neuville, Adam Z. Neuville, Brian A. Newberg, Allison Nicholson, Jeremy L. Nickens, Makenna F. Niu, Sining O'Brien, Jedidiah Otero, Luis A. Ott, Jacob A. Ott, Joel A. Ott, Justin M. Ott, Michael E. Pant, Shekhar Parmuzin, Ivan Parr, Eric J. Paudel, Sagar P. Payne, Courtney M. Phillips, Hayden B. Prinkey, Elizabeth R. Quagraine, Kwesi A. Reddish, Wesley J. Rhodes, Azariah Rimler, Stephen Kyle Rocazella, Carlyn S. Rodgers, Tiska E. Rogers, Devalyn Ross, Oren R. Roth, Benjamin D. Rummel, Melissa Rusho, John F. Sampson, Michael W. Saucerman, Sophia Scoville, James Seifert, Martin Wayne Seile Sr., Michael H. Skirko, Thomas G. Shahab, Asad Smith, David C. Snode-Brenneman, Emily R. Spaulding, Cassandra Srivastava, Neha Strecker, Amy L. Sweets, Aidan Taylor, Morghan Teuscher, Deborah S. Totten, Owen Totten, Stephen Totten, Stephanie Totten, Andrew Ursache, Corina R. Benedict, Susan V. Vasquez, Yolanda Vincent, R. Anthony Webb, Alan Webb, Walter Weinschenk, Roderick M. Weinschenk, Sedrick Wendel, Cash A. Wheeler, Elisabeth Whitehouse, Bethany A. Whitehouse, Gabriel J. Wiesner, David A. Williams, Philip J. Zakelj, John A.
contents	The Citizen CATE 2024 next-generation experiment placed 43 identical telescope and camera setups along the path of totality during the total solar eclipse (TSE) on 8 April 2024 to capture a 60-minute movie of the inner and middle solar corona in polarized visible light. The 2024 TSE path covered a large geographic swath of North America and we recruited and trained 36 teams of community participants ("citizen scientists") representative of the various communities along the path of totality. Afterwards, these teams retained the equipment in their communities for ongoing education and public engagement activities. Participants ranged from students (K12, undergraduate, and graduate), educators, and adult learners to amateur and professional astronomers. In addition to equipment for their communities, CATE 2024 teams received hands-on telescope training, educational and learning materials, and instruction on data analysis techniques. CATE 2024 used high-cadence, high-dynamic-range (HDR) polarimetric observations of the solar corona to characterize the physical processes that shape its heating, structure, and evolution at scales and sensitivities that cannot be studied outside of a TSE. Conventional eclipse observations do not span sufficient time to capture changing coronal topology, but the extended observation from CATE 2024 does. Analysis of the fully calibrated dataset will provide deeper insight and understanding into these critical physical processes. We present an overview of the CATE 2024 project, including how we engaged local communities along the path of totality, and the first look at CATE 2024 data products from the 2024 TSE.
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spellingShingle	Citizen CATE 2024: Extending Totality During the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with a Distributed Network of Community Participants Kovac, Sarah A. Caspi, Amir Seaton, Daniel B. Bryans, Paul Burkepile, Joan R. Davis, Sarah J. DeForest, Craig E. Elmore, David Gosain, Sanjay Haacker, Rebecca Hughes, Marcus Jackiewicz, Jason Klein, Viliam Lamb, Derek Pillet, Valentin Martinez McUmber, Evy Patel, Ritesh Reardon, Kevin Reed, Willow Tosolini, Anna Ursache, Andrei E. Williams, John K. Yanamandra-Fisher, Padma A. Zietlow, Daniel W. Carini, John Gardner, Charles H. Laatsch, Shawn Reiff, Patricia H. Saini, Nikita Weir, Rachael L. Baasch, Kira F. Bellefontaine, Jacquelyn Collins, Timothy D. Ferko, Ryan J. Ferrer, Leticia Hill, Margaret Kessler, Jonathan M. Lusk, Jeremy A. Miller-Ray, Jennifer Morales III, Catarino Murphy, Brian W. Olson, Kayla L. Percy, Mark J. Perry, Gwen Rivera, Andrea A. Shaw, Aarran W. Stinnett, Erik Thompson, Eden L. Wilkins, Hazel S. Zhang, Yue Allison, Angel Alves, John J. Alvis, Angelica A. Alvis, Lucinda J. Angeles, Alvin J. G. Batchelor, Aalasia Benedict, Robert Bettati, Amelia Bevill, Abbie Wolfson, Katherine Bibee Bingham, Christina Raye Bolton, Bradley A. Borunda, Iris P. Borunda, Mario F. Bowen, Adam Brookshier, Daniel L. Brown, MerRick Bruenjes, Fred Bunselmeier, Lisa Burke, Brian E. Chen, Bo Chen, Chi-Jui Chen, Zhean Long, Marcia Chenevey Cook, Nathaniel D. Copeland, Tommy Corter, Adrian J. Corter, Lawson L. Corter, Michael J. Costilow, Theresa N. Cypert, Lori E. Crouch-Bond, Derrion Csatho, Beata Cundiff, Clayton C. Cundiff, Stella S. DeMotta, Darrell Dickey, Judy Dirlam, Hannah L. Dodson, Nathan Driver, Donovan Dudley-Winter, Jennifer Dulyanunt, Justin Duncan, Jordan R. Dyer, Scarlett C. Eason, Lizabeth D. Eason, Timothy E. Edwards, Jerry L. Eisenhour, Jaylynn N. Erho, Ogheneovo N. Fleming, Elijah J. Fritsch III, Andrew J. Frosch, Stephanie D. Gagan, Sahir Gamble, Joshua Geisheimer, Caitlyn L. George, Ashleyahna Gough, Treva D. Gowing, Jo Lin Greeson, Robert Griffin, Julie D. Grover, Justin L. Grover, Simon L. Hadley, Annie Hailey, Austin S. Halasa, Katrina B. Harrison, Jacob Herman, Rachael Heltz Hentnik, Melissa Hentnik, Robert Herman, Mark Henderson, Brenda G. Henderson, David T. Henthorn II, J. Michael Hogue, Thomas House, Billy J. Howe, Toni Ray Isola, Brianna N. Iwen, Mark A. Johnson, Jordyn Johnson III, Richard O. Jones, Sophia P. Karimi, Hanieh Kiser, Katy R. Koomson Jr., Michael K. Koss, Morgan M. Kovacs, Ryan P. Martin, Carol A. Kovalak Lange, Kassidy Leathers, Kyle Lawrence Lee, Michael H. Lehman, Kevin W. Leopold, Garret R. Lin, Hsiao-Chun Liptak, Heather Liptak, Logan Liptak, Michael A. Lopez, Alonso Lopez, Evan L. Loving, Don Luehmann, April Lusk, Kristen M. MacDonald, Tia L. Mannings, Ian A. Marin, Priscilla Martin, Christopher J. Martin, Jamie Martinez, Alejandra Olivia Martinez, Terah L. Mays, Elizabeth S. McGowan, Seth McHenry III, Edward M. Meszaros, Kaz Metivier, Tyler J. Miller, Quinn W. Miranda, Adam V. Miranda, Carlos Miranda, Pranvera Mitchell, David M. W. Montgomery, Lydia N. Morse, Christopher P. Moore, Lillie B. Morse, Ira S. Mukundan, Raman Murphy, Patrick T. Narvaez, Nicarao J. Nasreldin, Ahmed Neel, Thomas Nelson, Travis A. Nestlerode, Ellianna Neuville, Adam Z. Neuville, Brian A. Newberg, Allison Nicholson, Jeremy L. Nickens, Makenna F. Niu, Sining O'Brien, Jedidiah Otero, Luis A. Ott, Jacob A. Ott, Joel A. Ott, Justin M. Ott, Michael E. Pant, Shekhar Parmuzin, Ivan Parr, Eric J. Paudel, Sagar P. Payne, Courtney M. Phillips, Hayden B. Prinkey, Elizabeth R. Quagraine, Kwesi A. Reddish, Wesley J. Rhodes, Azariah Rimler, Stephen Kyle Rocazella, Carlyn S. Rodgers, Tiska E. Rogers, Devalyn Ross, Oren R. Roth, Benjamin D. Rummel, Melissa Rusho, John F. Sampson, Michael W. Saucerman, Sophia Scoville, James Seifert, Martin Wayne Seile Sr., Michael H. Skirko, Thomas G. Shahab, Asad Smith, David C. Snode-Brenneman, Emily R. Spaulding, Cassandra Srivastava, Neha Strecker, Amy L. Sweets, Aidan Taylor, Morghan Teuscher, Deborah S. Totten, Owen Totten, Stephen Totten, Stephanie Totten, Andrew Ursache, Corina R. Benedict, Susan V. Vasquez, Yolanda Vincent, R. Anthony Webb, Alan Webb, Walter Weinschenk, Roderick M. Weinschenk, Sedrick Wendel, Cash A. Wheeler, Elisabeth Whitehouse, Bethany A. Whitehouse, Gabriel J. Wiesner, David A. Williams, Philip J. Zakelj, John A. Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics and Society Space Physics The Citizen CATE 2024 next-generation experiment placed 43 identical telescope and camera setups along the path of totality during the total solar eclipse (TSE) on 8 April 2024 to capture a 60-minute movie of the inner and middle solar corona in polarized visible light. The 2024 TSE path covered a large geographic swath of North America and we recruited and trained 36 teams of community participants ("citizen scientists") representative of the various communities along the path of totality. Afterwards, these teams retained the equipment in their communities for ongoing education and public engagement activities. Participants ranged from students (K12, undergraduate, and graduate), educators, and adult learners to amateur and professional astronomers. In addition to equipment for their communities, CATE 2024 teams received hands-on telescope training, educational and learning materials, and instruction on data analysis techniques. CATE 2024 used high-cadence, high-dynamic-range (HDR) polarimetric observations of the solar corona to characterize the physical processes that shape its heating, structure, and evolution at scales and sensitivities that cannot be studied outside of a TSE. Conventional eclipse observations do not span sufficient time to capture changing coronal topology, but the extended observation from CATE 2024 does. Analysis of the fully calibrated dataset will provide deeper insight and understanding into these critical physical processes. We present an overview of the CATE 2024 project, including how we engaged local communities along the path of totality, and the first look at CATE 2024 data products from the 2024 TSE.
title	Citizen CATE 2024: Extending Totality During the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with a Distributed Network of Community Participants
topic	Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics and Society Space Physics
url	https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13407