On Monday, August 21st of this year, the USA will be able to witness a Total Solar Eclipse the first time in 38 years —and the first time in 99 years that it will be visible in the whole territory at all. And while Massachusetts (and Shrewsbury in particular) won’t be within the range of the total Solar eclipse, a partial eclipse will most definitely be visible from the town, as the moon will cover about 65% of the solar disc. And for that reason, the Aldrich Astronomical Society member and founder of the Aldrich Astrophotography group, Kevin Boucher, will explain all the technical details about the eclipse at a Shrewsbury Public Library free, open program this Thursday, July 26th.
Kevin Boucher is also a member of the Eclipse Megamovie project initiated by solar scientists at Berkeley, which seeks to collect images of the 2017 total solar eclipse from over 1,000 volunteer photographers and amateur astronomers, and he’ll explain it to the assistants of the program. The program will take place at the Meeting Room A of the Shrewsbury Public Library, from 7PM to 8PM.
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