Emporia State University is set to offer another option to view the solar eclipse coming up on Monday.
A live stream will be available beginning at 12:40 p.m. and last until 3:25 p.m. with the totality of the mid-eclipse point occurring at 2:08 p.m.
On KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 Segment on Tuesday, Emporia State professor and Peterson Planetarium director Mark Brown says the live stream is beneficial for people who don’t want to cause any eye damage to themselves. Brown also gave another suggestion for people to watch the eclipse.
Brown will be traveling to Indianapolis for the solar eclipse. Brown says professor Scott Capes will travel to Stephenville, Texas while professor Jorge Ballester will stay in Emporia and have different devices set to measure the light decrease throughout the eclipse and measure the ultraviolet radiation.
Emporia residents will only get to see a partial eclipse beginning at 12:45 p.m. This will be the last total solar eclipse that crosses the United States until August 12, 2045.
There is no public event scheduled on campus, but community members who want to see the eclipse through a telescope or use solar eclipse glasses can come to campus. Emporia State Outreach staff will be on hand to assist students, faculty, and staff interested in viewing the event east of Cram Science Hall in the rock garden area.
To view the live stream, visit emporia.link/eclipse.
