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From: Andrew Fraknoi via Basfa <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:55 AM
Subject: [Basfa] Two Talks on the 'All-American' Eclipse of the Sun at Local
Libraries
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“All-American” Eclipse of the Sun and How To View it Safely July 8 at the
Cupertino Library July 13 at the Menlo Park Library Astronomer Andrew
Fraknoi will give two free, non-technical, family-oriented talks on “Getting
Ready for the All-American Eclipse of the Sun in August.” Fraknoi, the author
of a new children’s book on eclipses, When the Sun Goes Dark, will describe how
eclipses work, why they are one of nature’s most spectacular sights, exactly
when and where the eclipse of 2017 will be visible, and how to observe the
eclipse and the Sun safely. At the conclusion of each program, everyone
attending will receive a pair of safe viewing glasses for observing the Sun.
There will also be a book signing forWhen the Sun Goes Dark afterwards. Talk
1 will be on Saturday July 8th at 3 pm, at the Cupertino Library, at 10800
Torre Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014. For more information,
see:http://sccl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=85253 For a map, go
to:https://www.sccl.org/Locations/Cupertino/Getting-There Talk 2 will be on
Thursday, July 13th at 7 pm at the Menlo Park Library, at 800 Alma St., Menlo
Park, CA 94025. For more information,
see:http://menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=3408 For a map, go
to:http://menlopark.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Menlo-Park-Library-25
Like the book, the discussion will be appropriate for children 10 years of age
or older, and adults. On Monday, August 21, 2017, there will be an eclipse
of the Sun visible throughout the U.S. and all of North America. People in a
narrow path from Oregon to South Carolina will see a spectaculartotal eclipse,
with the Moon briefly covering the Sun completely, and day turning into night.
Everyone else (an estimated 500 million people, including all of us in the Bay
Area) will see apartial eclipse, where the Moon covers a good part of the Sun.
Special glasses or viewing techniques are needed to look at the Sun safely
during a partial eclipse (sunglasses are NOT enough). Andrew Fraknoi is the
chair of the astronomy department at Foothill College and the former Executive
Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Heserves on the 2017
Eclipse Task Force of the American Astronomical Society, training teachers and
librarians to act as guides for the public as the August eclipse
approaches.Fraknoi appears regularly on local and national radio, explaining
astronomical developments in everyday language, and was the California
Professor of the Year in 2007. He is also a fiction writer, and two of his
short stories have been published in science fiction anthologies. The
International Astronomical Union has named Asteroid 4859 Asteroid Fraknoi to
honor his contributions to the public understanding of science. Andrew
Fraknoi’s illustrated book,When the Sun Goes Dark, is a fun way for young
astronomers to find out all about this sky event and future ones. (The next one
over the U.S. will be in 2024.) The story suggests some easy activities that
children and adults can do together to learn the science behind eclipses of the
Sun and Moon. _______________________________________________
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