What You Need to Know to Watch the August 21 Solar Eclipse

Identical telescopes across the path of totality will be used to collect images of the lowest layers of the solar corona during the eclipse.

First and foremost may be eye protection: it’s important to note that eye damage can occur when looking directly at the sun without proper eye protection for any length of time, even during a solar eclipse. “A total eclipse is a dance with three partners: the moon, the sun and Earth”, Richard Vondrak, a lunar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.

In Sacramento, the moon will start to cover the sun at 9:02 a.m. on August 21.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun and blocks all or a part of the sun (depending on where you are viewing it).

Online: They can be ordered from Amazon or E-bay or other retailers suggested by the American Astronomical Association. “It makes people’s jaw drop”. Admission is free, and astronomers will be on site to explain the science behind the phenomenon, the Facebook event says. They will also show the NASA live stream of the eclipse, documenting the progress of the eclipse as it makes its way across the country.

Below is an example of NASA’s eclipse map of Idaho.

“Over time, the number and frequency of total solar eclipses will decrease”, Vondrak said.

The path of totality for the August 21 eclipse begins, for some inexplicable reason, in Lincoln Beach, Oregon, of all places.

The Cliffs, a compilation of seven vibrant communities in Greenville (homes are priced from around $350,000 to more than $6 million), is ideally oriented for optimal eclipse viewing. As a trial, photograph the full moon at night. The residents of Nashville can watch the eclipse from 11:58 a.m.

As the total eclipse cuts a swath across neighboring OR and Idaho, some locations in the state will enjoy a “deep partial eclipse”, said astronomer Michael Allen of Washington State University. Instead, invest in a lens 12x and above, some of which come with their own smartphone mounting bracket.

– Use a tripod to keep your camera stable. They’ll also have viewing glasses and “solar grasshoppers who dance in the sunlight – they’ll stop dancing once enough of the disk is covered”, he added.

How do you tell if glasses or viewers are the real thing? The Sun’s harmful rays burn a hole in the layer of the eye that takes in light. People in the region of North America will experience a partial eclipse.