Hastings Museum guests can get an early education on the upcoming solar eclipse during Kool-Aid Days.

The Slooh astronomers and their mobile astronomy unit will be at the Hastings Museum from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Slooh, an organization with a primary focus on studying outer space, will be hosting free solar observing, explaining the science behind the eclipse and will be giving away free solar eclipse glasses.

The astronomers, which are based in Connecticut, are traveling across the country in advance of the solar eclipse Aug. 21. The group is making eight stops, including the one in Hastings en route to the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch and Elk Meadows Campground where they will be hosting a celebration and watching the eclipse.

During the eclipse, Slooh will be providing a broadcast live online with close-up views of it as it unfolds with commentary from some of the worlds leading solar experts.

The Slooh organization has been covered total solar eclipses, along with partial and annular eclipses, around the globe for years sending crews to Kenya, the Faroe Island and Indonesia.

For more information on Slooh, visit http://www.slooh.com or SloohLive on Facebook.

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