Astronomer Andrew Fraknoi: An Eclipse Double-Header

Learn about the upcoming solar eclipses with Astronomer Andrew Fraknoi!

Two dramatic eclipses of the Sun are coming to North America during the 2023-24 school year:

• An annular (“ring of fire”) eclipse Oct. 14, 2023
• A total eclipse Apr. 8, 2024

People in two narrow paths will have the full eclipse experience each time. Everyone else (an estimated 500 million people, including all of us in the Bay Area) will see a nice partial eclipse, where the Moon covers a good part of the Sun.

Learn:

• How eclipses come to be (and why they are total only on Earth)
• What scientists learn during eclipses
• When and where the eclipses of 2023 and 2024 will be best visible
• How to observe the eclipses and the Sun safely

This is an after-hours event. The library will close at 6 p.m. on Sep. 21, and the doors will reopen shortly before this event’s 6:30 start time.

This free event received partial funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.

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