Note: This paper was only the design of the experiment. The actual experiment was performed later and it was indeed successful. Result was published in the journal <i>Classical and Quantum Gravity</i>.<p>* Gravitational starlight deflection measurements during the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse<p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00343" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00343</a>