They will have a bunch of bands and stuff.” I’m going to something called Solar Fest, which is like our fairground. “I’m just going because I’m an astronomy buff. Place a paper underneath, line the pinhole up with the sun, and project the image down onto the paper.īut Morehead will be getting down with the total eclipse in Oregon. It’s really simple - just take a piece of cardboard, like an index card or even a paper plate, and put a little pinhole in it. “If you don’t have safe glasses, one really good way to view the eclipse is to make a pinhole projector. Morehead said there’s one other way to see the eclipse safely: Also planned are hands-on space science activities with solar system and eclipse crafts. and continue until 2 p.m., according to James Nesmith, administrative manager.Īctivities on the Science Spectrum’s front lawn and in the lobby are free, but Museum and OMNI Theater admission ticket rates still apply.Īlong with special glasses and optical projections, there will be live streaming of the eclipse from locations experiencing a total eclipse. The Science Spectrum’s Solar Eclipse Viewing Party will begin at 11 a.m. It will be a great place to come and observe the eclipse.” There will be people who will be there with telescopes and people can come and observe with them. We will have a solar telescope and other telescopes with filters at the eclipse event at the university library. Morehead said, “It is possible to look at the sun with the right kind of telescope. Visitor parking will be available in a lot immediately south of the library.
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Free hot dogs and refreshments will be available, along with safety glasses while supplies last. The library’s Great American Eclipse Watch Party starts at 11 a.m. Special glasses will be available at various locations in Lubbock, but particularly at the Texas Tech Library and the Science Spectrum. “So, just like your mom always said, don’t stare at the sun - that is still very good advice.” There will be no point where it is safe to look at the eclipse with unprotected eyes,” Morehead said. “Protection of the eyes is very important, especially in Lubbock, since it is only going to be a partial eclipse. The last major eclipse in Lubbock occurred in 1979.
“It’s going to skirt past San Antonio and Austin, and it’s going to go right over Dallas.” So, in six years, it’s going to get two total eclipses, which is pretty awesome.”Īccording to Morehead’s calculations, the eclipse that occurs in 2024 will come up from the south from Mexico and continue north. “But other places on earth, like for instance Carbondale, Illinois, is actually in the path for this eclipse, and for the next one that’s going to be viewable in the United States in 2024.
And that’s on average - some places on earth haven’t seen one for 1,500 years,” Morehead said.
But for any one place on earth it only happens on average about once in each 300 years. “It happens somewhere on the earth about every 18 months or so. There is no provision for non-discrimination on the part of the sun: In Oregon, part of a 70-mile-wide swath, the eclipse will be total. The solar phenomenon that is being called the Great American Eclipse because it can be seen across all of the nation’s contiguous states, will begin in Lubbock at 11:30 a.m., reach a 72 percent peak at 12:57 p.m., and conclude at 2:26 p.m. This has been marked on my calendar for decades now,” he said in a phone interview. “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life. Robert Morehead, Texas Tech instructor and director of the Preston Gott Observatory, is in Oregon to experience an eclipse of the sun that he’s been waiting a virtual lifetime to see.
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