Solar eclipse

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There will be a solar eclipse on August 21 2017. This page is a collection of all the things going on.

Glasses

***BE SAFE***

Solar viewing can damage your eyes. https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification

The [sciedcenter.com Science Education Center] at Lincoln & Grove has eclipse viewing glasses. (They sell the

Road Trip

Several of us from MakeICT are planning a road trip. The thread is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/makeict/1UROgfkw5IU/eu9KFze_BgAJ;context-place=forum/makeict

We will be choosing our destination the day before the eclipse when we have a good weather forecast. Probably St. Joseph MO. Schedule:

0700 - Leave for eclipse 1000 - Arrive at location (optimistic) 1130 - Partial Eclipse starts 1300 - Full Eclipse 1430 - Partial Eclipse ends, Leave for Wichita 1730 - Arrive in Wichita (optimistic)