N. America treated to partial solar eclipse Thurs.

Where to watch the partial solar eclipse:

  • The Slooh Community Observatory will stream the eclipse online starting at 5 p.m. Watch here
  • The Howard County Conservancy has invited the public to a free viewing from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. They are located at 10520 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock, Maryland. Since the lines at the HAL Members’ solar telescopes may be long and the event is so short, those without a telescope may want to invest in a pair of eclipse glasses.

MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — North Americans, get set for the fourth and final eclipse of the year.

On Thursday, most of North America will have prime viewing of a partial solar eclipse. The new moon will hide part of the sun from view. The eclipse will unfold slowly following its start near the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia.

The best views will be in the U.S. Northwest and northern Canada, especially Prince of Wales Island. New England and the Canadian Maritime provinces will miss out.

In the eastern half of the U.S., the eclipse will occur near sunset.

Sky gazers are urged to protect their eyes with special filtered glasses. Regular sunglasses are not good enough.

This makes for two solar and two lunar eclipses this year.

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Online:

NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html#SE2014Oct23P

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