>> WITH ALL ITS CITY LIKE CHICAGO CAN BE A TOUGH PLACE FOR ASTRONOMY LOVERS, BUT LIGHT POLLUTION DOESN'T PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT BIG ASTRONOMICAL EVENT.

A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE COMING THIS SATURDAY.

CHICAGO ASTRONOMER JOKE WAS MONTH SAYS IT'S A GREAT CHANCE FOR CITY DWELLERS TO EXPERIENCES DANCE OF THE MOON AND THE SUN IN PREPARATION FOR A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

NEXT SPRING.

>> HI, SPACE JOEL GUZMAN, THE CHICAGO ASTRONOMER BACK AGAIN TO SHARE WITH YOU.

HOW TO PREP FOR THE UPCOMING OCTOBER PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

THE BIG EVENT, OF COURSE, IS THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF APRIL 2024.

>> MORE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE SEGMENT.

BUT ON SATURDAY, THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, THE SOME MOON AND EARTH WILL ALIGN IN A PRACTICE RUN FOR THE BIG EVENT NEXT YEAR.

HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT AS THE MOON ORBITS OUR PLANET, THE DISTANCE, VARIOUS CLOSER TO EARTH.

WE WITNESS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

INCREDIBLE LIFE CHANGING EVENT WHEN DAY TURNS INTO A DARKENED TWILIGHT EVENING STARS FILL THE SKY AND THE ENTIRE SOLAR DES IS COVERED BY THE MOMENT OBSERVED THE WISPY, DELICATE CORONA OF THE SUN.

BUT ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, THE MOON TO SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY FROM US AND RESULT NOT COMPLETELY COVERING THE DISK OF THE SUN.

THESE SOLAR EVENTS ARE CALLED ANNULAR ECLIPSES IN WHAT REFERRED TO AS THE RING OF FIRE DISPLAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, CHICAGO'S NOT IN THE OF MAXIMUM COVERAGE FOR THIS EVENT, BUT WE WILL EXPERIENCE A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, MEANING THAT THE MOVE WILL BITES OUT OF THE SUN AS PASSES BETWEEN US.

>> FOR 2 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES.

CAN EASILY FOLLOW THE CELESTIAL EVENT OF THE MOVING SPEARS.

FIRST CONTACT STARTS AT 10:37AM.

MAXIMUM COVERAGE IS AT 11.

58 AND LAST CONTACT AND ONE 22 PM SHOULD CALL THE TIME.

THE MOON WILL COVER THE SUN FOR A MAXIMUM OF 42%.

YOU JUST ISN'T EVER SO SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE SUN'S LIGHT AND THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE AT THIS TIME OF MAXIMUM COVERAGE.

NOW, HOW DO YOU SAFELY OBSERVE THIS EVENT OF THE MOON GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE SUN?

FIRST SERIOUS PRECAUTIONS.

>> SOLAR EVENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO OBSERVE.

NEVER USE SUNGLASSES, RAPPERS OR OTHER 9 APPROVE.

SOLAR EYEWEAR ONLY USE CERTIFIED SOLAR GLASSES SUCH AS THESE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.

AND ALSO NEVER, I MEAN, NEVER.

>> POINT AND UNFILTERED TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS.

>> TOWARD THE SUN.

IMMEDIATE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR.

AND I WANT YOU TO VIEW MY NEXT ASTRO SEGMENT.

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

>> CHICAGO STARTER TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS ALL HAVE SOLAR FILTERS AT THE READY FOR SAFE VIEWING.

YOU CAN ALSO PROJECT THE IMAGE OF THE SOME THROUGH TINY HOLES POKED THROUGH FOIL.

>> HARBERT OR OTHER HAND, THE MEDIA YOU MAY HAVE LAYING AROUND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO FACE AWAY FROM THE SUN AND THEY'LL ALLOW THE LIGHT TO SHINE THROUGH THE PIN HOLES ONTO A SHEET OF WHITE PAPER.

YOU'LL OBSERVES LITTLE SMALL ECLIPSE CRESCENTS.

ALSO LOOK TO THE GROUND DURING THE EVENT NEAR TREES AS THE LEAST AT THIS MINI PROJECTORS AND DISPLACE THE CHRISTIANS FOR YOU.

NOW, HOW CAN CITIES SKYLER IS GETTING BETTER IN CLOSER VIEW TO CONNECT WITH THIS PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?

IF THE WEATHER PERMITS, MY CHICAGO STORM RECRUIT WILL BE AT THE 606, BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL RIGHT BEHIND ME.

YEAH.

AND THE EVENT WILL BE ON SATURDAY.

THE 14TH OF OCTOBER.

WE WILL BE ON SITE FROM 10:00AM UNTIL ONE, 30 PM AND WE'LL HAVE FILTERED TELESCOPE FOR EXCITING UP-CLOSE VIEWS OF THE SUN OF THE SEMI RARE ECLIPSE TO SHARE WITH OUR SKY LOVING FANS.

LOOK FOR US AT THE WESTERN TRAILHEAD RIGHT HERE AT RIDGEWAY AVENUE AND THE 606 TRAIL.

FAMILY FRIENDLY.

AND THAT'S THE WAY GUESS THERE'S NO EXCUSE TO MISS THIS.

>> FOR THE CHICAGO, JOB WAS MINE.

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