Brazosport Astronomy Club

Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing

Monday, April 8, 2024

Event

Come to the BASF Planetarium to experience the 2024 solar eclipse. We will have safe solar viewing on the parking lot throughout the event using a variety of methods. Wonder what a solar eclipse looks like through the holes on a cracker?

We will have demonstrations to understand what can cause an eclipse and what makes them so special.

Solar viewing glasses are available for purchase at the event, while supplies last.

Date: Monday, April 8, 2024

Time: noon - 3 p.m. Central

Location: BASF Planetarium
400 College Blvd.
Clute, TX 77531

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Location Details

BASF Planetarium

400 College Blvd.
Clute, TX 77531
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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
Clouds off an on throughout the event. Had NASA livestream within the building. Sunspotter and demos like eclipse on a stick and pinhole cards on the parking lot. Lots of families in the area came to experience.
Photo From Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing
Saje Winder, left, Cindy Carter, Renee Winder, David Winder and Finnick Winder view the solar eclipse Monday at the Center for the Arts and Sciences in Clute Mike Felix / The Facts
Photo From Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing
Facilities Director Steve Elbert shows Krisly and Zaden Stayton the solar eclipse through a Sunspotter solar telescope on Monday at the Center for the Arts and Sciences in Clute. Mike Felix / The Facts