“Preparing for Connecticut’s Moment in the Sun” – CCSU Scholars for Life on April 8th Solar Eclipse

CCSU Scholars for Life is hosting a lecture by Dr. Kristine Larsen, “Preparing for Connecticut’s Moment in the Sun,” ahead of the solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024.

Event organizers say,

While many people have made travel plans (sometimes years in advance) to be in the path of totality for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse, what about those who will be viewing the event from Connecticut? What does a 93% eclipse look like, and how can you view it safely? In this non-technical talk, Dr. Larsen explains the cause of a solar eclipse, how a partial eclipse differs from a total eclipse, and, most importantly, how to be prepared to view it safely from your own backyard..

The event on March 25, 2024 is to be both in-person and virtual, with separate registration websites for the in-person event and the online event. The in-person event begins at 5:00pm and the virtual event is to begin at 6:00pm.

The Scholars for Life programs says that,

Dr. Kristine Larsen has been an astronomy professor at Central Connecticut State University since 1989. Her teaching and research focus on the intersections between science and society, including sexism and science; science and popular culture (especially science in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien); and the history of science. She is the author of the books Stephen Hawking: A Biography, Cosmology 101, The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century, Particle Panic!, Science, Technology and Magic in The Witcher: A Medievalist Spin on Modern Monsters, and the forthcoming The Sun We Share: Our Star in Popular Media and Science.

More information is available on the CCSU Scholars For Life website.