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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear ASA members</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Today marks
<b>1,000 days until the Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2028</b>, when the Moons shadow will sweep across Australia, through the states of WA, NT, QLD, NSW and then directly over greater Sydney. The Australia Wide Eclipse 2028 will be an excellent opportunity
to share the awe of natures grandest spectacle and promote our science with the Australian public. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The ASA has developed a dedicated eclipse website
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/xp4pCoV1kpfP6ljGZu1fvupJDog?domain=eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/" data-outlook-id="d5f51bd5-5f4a-4e7f-9fee-ea649259afd2" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">.
Members and friends are encouraged to explore the circumstances of the 2028 eclipse and the three other total solar eclipses to occur in Australia in the following 11 years. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The ASA also has a dedicated Eclipse Working Group (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/CDt5Cp81lrtOpQ1LKtDh0uGMi8R?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au/" data-outlook-id="739b69ac-c18c-4bb7-aec2-c49fb51e6756" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://asa.astronomy.org.au/about-2/chapters/</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> and
select the EWG tab) working to prepare Australia for the eclipse and to use the event to promote Astronomy, science and STEM. If you would like to contribute to this effort, please make contact with the EWG co-chairs Fred Watson (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:fred.watson@mq.edu.au" data-outlook-id="e8a4c225-82e5-41c3-acf5-5cc76ba8ebad" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">fred.watson@mq.edu.au</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">)
or Terry Cuttle (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:terry@cuttle.net.au" data-outlook-id="bdcccac2-f0f7-4387-816d-8bac8b1af742" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">terry@cuttle.net.au</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">).</span></p>
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Sydney Institute for Astronomy | School of Physics | Faculty of Science<br>
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<b>THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY</b></span></p>
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