With eclipse coming, library sets up astronomy series – Glens Falls Post-Star

GLENS FALLS Crandall Public Library announced it will present Eyes to the Skies, a series of astronomy programs leading up to a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the United States, which will take place on Aug. 21.

Programs will be held in the community room in the library basement and are open to the public free of charge.

The schedule is as follows:

7 p.m. June 28 Kevin Manning, who previously worked with NASA and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will speak. Weather permitting, the program will move outdoors to view the skies through a telescope.

6:30 p.m. July 11 Storyteller Diane Edgecomb will perform a program of ancient myths about the stars.

6:30 p.m. July 19 Staff from Dudley Observatory at the Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady will speak about the upcoming eclipse.

Noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 21 Livestreaming of the eclipse.

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With eclipse coming, library sets up astronomy series - Glens Falls Post-Star