EVENT TIMES

A Celestial Treat: A Total Solar Eclipse Coming to Erie!

February 20th,2024 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Professor/Instructor/Speaker: Darren Williams, Ph.D.

A Celestial Treat: A Total Solar Eclipse Coming to Erie!

 

The long-awaited total solar eclipse happening April 8 in Erie is an extremely rare astronomical spectacle. On that day, the Moon will cast a shadow that touches Erie for three minutes and forty seconds. In this talk, Dr. Darren Williams, a professor of astronomy at Penn State Behrend, will discuss how eclipses occur both today and in the past, and will describe what to expect on eclipse day next spring.

 

Location: Jefferson Educational Society - 3207 State Street, Erie, PA 16508

Date/Time: Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m.

Admission: $10/person or $15 with a guest

Parking: lot behind building, State Street, 33rd Street, 32nd Street, French Street

Darren Williams, Ph.D.

Darren Williams, Ph.D.,