The library handles these events through Eventbrite. Not surprisingly, this
one's sold out! Congratulations Andrew!
MM
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If Yahoo flags your email as spam, chances are I won't see it.
Sorry, but if there isn't too much to wade through carefully, there's too much
to wade through at all.
From: Andrew Fraknoi via Basfa <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 10:00 AM
Subject: [Basfa] Talk on August's Country-Wide Eclipse of the Sun July 29 in
Santa Clara
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August’s Eclipse of the Sun at Santa Clara City Library July 29th (plus book
signing) Astronomer Andrew Fraknoi will give a free, non-technical,
family-oriented talk on “The Sky Event of the Decade: August’s Eclipse of the
Sun” on Saturday, July 29th from 2:00 to 3:30 pm in the Redwood Room at the
Central Park Library in Santa Clara. 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 the 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. The Central Park Library is
2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95051. For more information,
see:http://santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/54109/67 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. 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, published by the National Science Teachers Association Press, is a
fun way for young astronomers to find out all about this eclipse 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. Note to Editors: An image to accompany
this release can be found at:
https://eclipse.aas.org/sites/eclipse.aas.org/files/TSE2012-Sequence-RickFienberg.jpg
This has been released for media use; please credit: Rick Fienberg/Wilderness
Travel/Travel Quest International
_____________________________________________ Andrew Fraknoi Chair, Astronomy
Department Foothill College 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
650-949-7288 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.foothill.edu/ast
AstroProf Facebook Pages: www.facebook.com/Fraknoi
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