With the maximum duration of 6 min 39 s, it is the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century. Chinese mainland, along Yangzi River, is the most
convenient region for observation for the eclipse.
Since the weather condition in this region on July 22 is very hard to forecast, Chinese Astronomical Society, the host of IYA 2009 in China,
organizes a large scale live broadcast program for the eclipse event, to try our best to let everyone have chance to enjoy the great event.
The project, "Multisite Federated Live Broadcast of Solar Eclipse on July 22, International Year of Astronomy 2009", will take full advantages of
the latest technologies in network, multimedia and the emerging Web 2.0 technologies. Multiple observation sites will be organized inside the
wide eclipse region, especially large cities inside the total solar eclipse belt. Signals from different sites will be collected to a central broadcast
studio through highspeed network backbones. After synthesization, public signal will be released to various portals,including website, TV, mobile
phone, etc, and then accessible for the public through these portals.
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