You might notice it getting a little darker during the middle of the day tomorrow (Thursday). That’s because there will be a partial solar eclipse…
Local astronomer Don Machholz says it will begin at 1:52pm, reach it’s maximum at 3:16pm, and then will be over around 4:30. You should not look directly at the sun, but there are a couple of ways to check it out. Machholz says you can do what you may have done as a kid in school in poke a hole in one piece of cardboard, and let that image shine onto the sidewalk or another bright surface. Or…
There also will be free viewings with telescopes that have filtered lenses at both the Madelyn Helling Library and the Auburn Dam Overlook.
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