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To witness a total eclipse of the Sun is a privilege
that comes to but few people. Once seen, however, it is a phenomenon never to be forgotten – Isabel M. Lewis ("A Handbook of Solar Eclipses", 1924) Next Adventure: Norway Northern Lights Cruise 2010 |
 On The Beach: Eclipse Morning Baja California, 1991 July 11 |
« Additional Images & Animations Here • All Images Copyright © H.L. Cohen »
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PROFESSOR COHEN retired from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Florida in the spring of 2003 after over 35 years of service to the University where he taught both in the Department of Physical Sciences and the Department of Astronomy. He now holds emeritus status in the Department of Astronomy. |
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Current Professional Interests Include:
- Promoting astronomy through the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc. (AAC).
He is a founding member of the AAC, serves on its board of directors and has helped plan many AAC public events including the "Mars Invasion" event for the 2005 opposition of Mars. He also helped the AAC plan and implement the Gainesville Solar Walk project and the astronomical lobby features in the Royal Park Stadium 16 Theater. He is a a frequent contributor the the AAC's newsletter, FirstLight (example) and web site, which he helps maintain. - Planning, organizing and escorting "Voyages of Discovery Tours" centered on astronomical themes, with his wife Marian, a travel specialist with Continental Capers Travel Center in Gainesville, Florida.
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY Arizona Wonders Tour (2005) escorted by Marian Cohen (travel specialist), Dr. Bruce MacFadden & Dr. Howard Cohen (Gainesville Sun Photo by Doug Finger) |
See Gainesville Sun article about these unique tours (pdf document).
Recent tours include trips to the Caribbean (1998), Africa (2001) and Australia (2002) to observe eclipses of the Sun, Italy/Greece (2004) to observe the transit of Venus, and the unusual 2005 hybrid solar eclipse from the South Pacific on the luxury Radisson ship, Ms Paul Gauguin. (He has been to eight total and annular solar eclipses.) More recently (September 2005) he helped lead a unique tour of Arizona to see the astronomy, archaeology and geology of the Grand Canyon State.
In 2006 he helped lead a fascinating eclipse tour to Egypt and the Nile for the 2006 March 29 total solar eclipse. And in 2009 he helped escort an exceptional tour to China for the 2009 July 22 total eclipse of the Sun (longest duration of the 21st Century).
See his article, "When the Sun Goes Dark," (Senior Times Magazine, May 2009, pp. 27).
Ever see the magnificent, eerie and illusive Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)? Travel with him on one of the most beautiful cruises in the world to above the Arctic Circle along the dramatic, western Norwegian coastline on a Norway Northern Lights Cruise 2010.
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