Outreach

Presence of INEGI at INAOE

Santa María Tonantzintla, Puebla, September 13.- With the aim of disseminating the annular eclipse of the Sun on October 14, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) produced, together with the State Council of Science and Technology of Jalisco, a map of where this striking astronomical phenomenon can be seen in Mexico.

Because it is a scientific topic specific to our Institute, yesterday INEGI directors visited the INAOE and gave our research center several copies of the map.

Shortly after 11 a.m., Dr. Edmundo Antonio Gutiérrez Domínguez, General Director of INAOE, received Eng. Miguel Ángel Vizconde Ortuño, Regional Director of INEGI, and Eng. José Rafael Robledo Meza, Director of Geography and Environment of INEGI . Dr. Bertha Patricia Guzmán Velázquez, in charge of the Office of Institutional Liaison and Planning (OVPI), was also present at the meeting.

At the meeting, the fact that both institutions have a deep collaborative relationship was highlighted, and ten copies of a map of Mexico were presented, marking the percentages of visibility of the next annular eclipse of the Sun in the national territory. These maps will be used to publicize the eclipse at the INAOE and in Tonantzintla.
As you will remember, the eclipse on October 14 will be an annular eclipse, since the Moon will not completely cover the Sun. The eclipse will cover most of America, from the United States to Brazil. In Mexico, the states in which the complete annular eclipse can be seen are Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo. In the rest of the country, the eclipse will be partially visible.