{"id":19874,"date":"2017-08-16T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=19874"},"modified":"2017-08-16T09:21:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T14:21:51","slug":"eclipse-where-will-you-be-on-aug-21-will-you-be-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19874","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse! Where will you be on Aug 21? Will you be ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to experience the Great American Eclipse! Free local events:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make your own eclipse viewer on Thurs, Aug 17, from 3:30-4:30pm at the <a href=\"http:\/\/whitewaterlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Irvin L Young Memorial Library<\/a><\/strong> (431 W Center St, Whitewater) using materials supplied by the library (while supplies last). <\/p>\n<p>Hear UWW Physics <strong>Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/cls\/cls-directory\/profile?id=benjamir\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Benjamin<\/a> talk about what occurs during a total solar eclipse, the frequency of eclipses, and their applications in science at 7pm on Fri, Aug. 18<\/strong>, in Upham Hall 140.<\/p>\n<p>Attend a viewing, hosted by Lecturer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/cls\/cls-directory\/profile?id=constanj\" target=\"_blank\">Juliana Constantinescu<\/a> and the UWW <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/physics\" target=\"_blank\">Physics Dept<\/a>, of the partial solar eclipse on Mon, Aug 21, between 11:52am and 2:39pm<\/strong>, at the campus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/cls\/departments\/physics\/observatory\" target=\"_blank\">Observatory<\/a> (on the hill behind Hyer Hall). The partial solar eclipse will reach its maximum at 1:17pm with 84.97% of the sun covered by the moon. Eclipse glasses will be available to share. In order to see the <em>total<\/em> eclipse, you must travel to a location along the path of <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov\/eclipse-maps\" target=\"_blank\">totality<\/a>. (No part of Wisconsin is on the path. Bummer.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Wherever<\/em> you are during the eclipse, please remember: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Do not look directly at the sun<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/totality.jpg\" alt=\"cover of book Totality\" class=\"alignright\" \/>You can learn more about this from NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipse 2017<\/a> web page. Andersen Library also has resources for learning more, including books such as <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=bZHvAAAAMAAJ&#038;q=Eclipse!:+The+what,+where,+when,+why,+and+how+guide+to+watching+solar+and+lunar+eclipses&#038;dq=Eclipse!:+The+what,+where,+when,+why,+and+how+guide+to+watching+solar+and+lunar+eclipses&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwidrb3q5tfVAhWD34MKHSKQAT0Q6AEIKDAA\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Eclipse!: The what, where, when, why, and how guide to watching solar and lunar eclipses<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, QB541 .H35 1997), <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=pdY2DgAAQBAJ&#038;dq=Mask+of+the+sun:+The+science,+history,+and+forgotten+lore+of+eclipses&#038;source=gbs_navlinks_s\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mask of the sun: The science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, QB541 .D846 2017), and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=UOnH01tv078C&#038;dq=Totality+eclipses+of+sun&#038;source=gbs_navlinks_s\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Totality: Eclipses of the sun<\/em><\/a> (online via <a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/whitewater-ebooks\/detail.action?docID=416000\" target=\"_blank\">ProQuest Ebook Central<\/a>, aka ebrary).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like assistance with finding additional information, please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/get-help\/ask-a-librarian\" target=\"_blank\">ask a librarian<\/a> (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out <em>your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to experience the Great American Eclipse! Free local events: Make your own eclipse viewer on Thurs, Aug 17, from 3:30-4:30pm at the Irvin L Young Memorial Library (431 W Center St, Whitewater) using materials supplied by the library &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19874\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,34],"tags":[178,79624,335,220,783,228,167150,2845,942],"class_list":["post-19874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","category-campus-connection","tag-books","tag-eclipse","tag-federal-government","tag-fun-stuff","tag-government-info","tag-science","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-sun","tag-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19874"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19917,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19874\/revisions\/19917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}