New York Today: How to Watch the Solar Eclipse
Our city is hosting plenty of them and many will have eclipse glasses on hand, including the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side; the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Midtown; Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Grange in Fort Greene;
and at public libraries like Pelham Bay Library and West Farms Library in the Bronx and the Clinton Hill Library in Brooklyn.
“The small amount of space between the leaves can drop little projected images of the sun, which will all be partial eclipses, on the ground.” Or head to a
park with a pond (like Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park or Van Cortlandt Park), where you can see the sun reflected in the water.
“The total solar eclipse is getting all the attention, but partial solar eclipses are an experience all on their own.”
The action will begin at 1:23 p.m., when the moon will begin to pass in front of the sun.
• Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “The Saltshaker Trick”
• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Morning Briefing.
While New York City isn’t in the path of today’s total solar eclipse, we’re still expecting quite the spectacle.
• The author Jeff Hobbs discusses his book, “The Short
and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League,” at the Hamilton Grange Library in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan.
In our effort to capture the energy surrounding today’s celestial event, we want to know:
When was the last time you saw this much enthusiasm for an event in New York City?
