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DESCRIPTION:“An Eclipse Double-Header: Two U.S. Eclipses of the Sun in 2023-2024” 
 \nin the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos (directions 
 below). \n\nNOTE: Everyone attending this lecture will receive a free pair 
 of certified eclipse-viewing glasses courtesy of the Gordon & Betty Moore 
 Foundation. \n* We ask that attendees be vaccinated and boosted against 
 COVID-19 and wear a mask while indoors at the event. Extra masks will be 
 provided.  Thank you.                                                       
              \n\nThe recording will be on YouTube: 
 http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures   \n\nThe talk is part of the 
 Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, now in its 23rd year. \n\nTwo 
 eclipses of the Sun are coming to North America during the 2023-24 school 
 year – an annular (“ring of fire”) eclipse Oct. 14, 2023 and a total 
 eclipse Apr. 8, 2024.  People in two narrow paths will have the full 
 eclipse experience each time. Everyone else (an estimated 500 million 
 people, including all of us in the Bay Area) will see a nice partial 
 eclipse, where the Moon covers a good part of the Sun. The talk will 
 describe how eclipses come to be (and why they are total only on Earth), 
 what scientists learn during eclipses, exactly when and where the eclipses 
 of 2023 and 2024 will be best visible, and how to observe the eclipses and 
 the Sun safely.   \n\nAndrew Fraknoi retired a few years ago as the chair 
 of the astronomy department at Foothill College and still teaches short, 
 noncredit courses on astronomy at the University of San Francisco and SF 
 State.  He is the co-author of Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, 
 Eclipses, and More, a book for educators, and When the Sun Goes Dark, a 
 book for children. He appears regularly on local and national radio, 
 explaining astronomical developments in everyday language, and was named 
 California Professor of the Year in 2007.  With several colleagues, he is 
 leading the effort to distribute 5 million eclipse glasses through 10,000 
 public libraries across the nation, with support from the Gordon & Betty 
 Moore Foundation. \n\nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit 
 from Freeway 280 in Los Altos.    \n\nFor directions and parking 
 information, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/  Parking is free during the 
 Spring Quarter.  For a campus map, to find the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 
 1000), see: https://foothill.edu/map/   \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: 
  \n* The Foothill College Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Division  \n* 
 The SETI Institute  \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific  \n* The 
 University of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory).  
 \n\nPast lectures in the series can be found on YouTube at: 
 http://youtube.com/svastronomylectures   \n\nand as audio podcasts at: 
 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1805595   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/04/23/18855605.php
SUMMARY:Free Public Talk on Two Upcoming Eclipses of the Sun Visible from the U.S.
LOCATION:Smithwick Theater, Foothill College\n12345 El Monte Rd.\nLos Altos Hills, 
 CA 94022
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/04/23/18855605.php
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