END OF SUMMER: Change-of-seasons sunset watch Friday, with bonus solar-eclipse info

(Photo by Lynn Hall)

Tonight’s sunset ended the last weekend of summer. Autumn arrives at the equinox moment of 11:49 pm Friday (September 22nd). A few hours before that, educator and expert skywatcher Alice Enevoldsen will lead her next change-of-season sunset watch, starting at 6:30 pm at Solstice Park (7400 Fauntleroy Way SW, upslope). Not only will Alice explain the equinox, she’ll be talking about how to get ready to view the October 14th solar eclipse (partial in our area). Free eclipse-viewing glasses, too!

Ron foust September 17, 2023 (11:41 pm)

That’s beautiful 😍

Private September 18, 2023 (2:05 pm)

All locations of the Seattle Public Library are handing out free eclipse glasses too

Alice September 22, 2023 (1:40 pm)

I hope this comment doesn’t get eaten by the moderators for having too many links! —
Seattle Public Library info: https://shelftalkblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/10/prepare-for-the-solar-eclipse-doubleheader/ —
High Point:
https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D169098976 —
King County Library System online event: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/6503438cc102fe4100a8f1ff

N in Seattle September 19, 2023 (1:09 pm)

Actually, the October 14 eclipse is going to be “partial” everywhere on earth. It’s an annular eclipse, defined as one in which the apparent size of the moon is slightly smaller than the apparent size of the sun. So the sun’s disk is never completely blocked. It’ll be about 80% here.

It’s a (fortuitous) accident that the apparent sizes of the two are almost exactly the same.

Alice September 22, 2023 (1:37 pm)

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/about-eclipses/types/ It’s so neat how many variations there are in such a seemingly-simple alignment!

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