A solar eclipse will be visible in the United States on Monday, April 8. In Florida, it will be a partial...
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A solar eclipse will be visible in the United States on Monday, April 8. In Florida, it will be a partial eclipse, beginning around 1:40 p.m. with the midpoint around 3 p.m.
If you want to look at the eclipse, prepare in advance by obtaining proper eye protection.
NASA warns viewing any part of the sun with without a special-purpose solar filter or solar viewing glasses can result in severe eye injury.
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will host an Eclipse Viewing Party fro 1 to 4:30 p.m. on April 8. Guests will gather behind the museum in the Ceremonial Grounds off of the boardwalk. Be a part of this rare opportunity to hear a Seminole legend and watch this celestial event. The museum, 34725 West Boundary Road, is on the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in Hendry County.
Hallstrom Planetarium at Indian River State College will also host a special event for the eclipse.
Hallstrom Planetarium Director, and IRSC Associate Professor of Astronomy Jon Bell has announced that IRSC’s Hallstrom Planetarium, on the Fort Pierce Massey campus, will provide safe, guided views of the eclipse.
Members of the Treasure Coast Astronomical Society and student club members of IRSC’s Hallstrom Astronomy Society will be on hand, beginning at 1:30 pm on Monday, April 8, to help interested observers can safely view the eclipse using powerful filters that allow you to view the sun directly.
This is a free event, and is open to the general community as well as to IRSC employees, students and their families.
First contact, that first “bite” that is taken out of the sun by the silhouetted moon, will occur at 1:48 pm EDT. Maximum eclipse (60%), will be at 3:03 p.m., and the moon will continue to move eastward across the sun until the solar disc is fully restored at 4:16 pm.
In the case of cloudy weather, viewing of the eclipse will be done indoors, on the domed ceiling of the IRSC Hallstrom Planetarium - we will provide images of the eclipse from other observing locations where the skies are clear. We will also be able to show real-time views of the sun where it is totally eclipsed, from places like Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, western and northern New York state, then through southern Canada and northern Maine.
