Galapagos Total Solar Eclipse Cruise-tour
March 31 - April 14, 2026
15 Days / 14 Nights
on the MV/Galpagos Legend

With Special Guests:
Professor Jay M. Pasachoff
Fred Espenak
34 Seconds of Totality
60%-70% Chance of clear skies

Jay M. Pasachoff

Director of Hopkins Observatory;

Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams since 1972

Harvard College A.B. 1963
Harvard University A.M. 1965
Harvard University Ph.D. 1969

2003 Education Prize, American Astronomical Society
2003, Honorary Member, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
2003-2006 President, Commission on Education and Development of the International Astronomical Union

Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii 1980-81, 1984-85
Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris 1988
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1989-90
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics1993-4
Harvard University Visiting Lecturer in Astronomy, 1993-4
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Visiting Scientist 1993-4
Harvard University: Associate of the Astronomy Dept.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: Visiting Scientist 2001-2

http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse/
www.solarcorona.com
www.solarcorona.net
www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipses for the Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union

Books by Proff. Jay M. Pasachoff include:

Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe, 6th Edition
The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium
Nearest Star
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
Science Explorer Astronomy
Fire in the Sky
The Solar Corona

Fred is an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he uses state-of-the-art infrared spectrometers to probe the atmospheres of the planets. This work frequently takes him to the world's highest observatories atop the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea. In 1991, he was a co-investigator of an atmospheric experiment flow on Space Shuttle Discovery. He is currently participating in a number of research projects including the monitoring of ozone in Mars' atmosphere, the detection of winds on Venus, Mars and Titan, and the measurement of hydrocarbons in the stratospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Espenak is perhaps best known for his work on eclipses. His two books, Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035 and Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035 have become popular references on the subject. Espenak also publishes special NASA bulletins which provide detailed solar eclipse predictions and maps. He recently co-authored Totality Eclipses of the Sun with Mark Littmann and Ken Willcox. Espenak's interest in eclipses was first sparked after witnessing the total solar eclipse of March 1970. Since then, he has participated in nearly twenty eclipse expeditions around the world and has made predictions on thousands of eclipses. His astronomical photographs have appeared in both national and international publications, and he has lectured extensively to the general public on science, eclipses and photography. In 2003, the International Astronomical Union honored Espenak for his life-long work on eclipses by naming asteroid 14120 after him.

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
Espenak's NASA Eclipse Home Page contains predictions on solar and lunar eclipses

http://www.mreclipse.com
Espenak's personal web site devoted exclusively to solar and lunar eclipse photography.

Naomi Pasachoff

She is a research associate at Williams College (Williamstown, MA) and holds an A.B. from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, an A.M. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University. She has viewed six total solar eclipses together with husband Jay Pasachoff. They are coauthors of science textbooks on the elementary, junior high, and college levels.

Books by Naomi Pasachoff include: 

Linus Pauling: Advancing Science, Advocating Peace
Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity (Oxford Portraits in Science)
Alexander Graham Bell : Making Connections (Oxford Portraits in Science)
Links in the Chain: Shapers of the Jewish Tradition (Oxford Profiles)
Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal
Niels Bohr: Physicist and Humanitarian (Great Minds of Science)
Jewish History in 100 Nutshells

Patricia Totten

Pat Totten is a retired chemistry teacher turned freelance writer and photographer with a BS from Purdue University and an MA from Lehigh University.

She has traveled around the world chasing eclipses and other astronomical events, most recently to Antarctica for the total solar eclipse of November 23, 2003. Since 1972 she has traveled to eight total solar eclipses. She also enjoys skiing in the winter and biking in the summer and several years ago she hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.