Space night and The 2024 solar eclipse comes to Ohio

After 7 years we finally have another total solar eclipse, which is happening this April 8th. However this is the first solar eclipse visible in Ohio since 1806. During this eclipse, much of Ohio will be in the path of totality, which will be twice as wide as the 2017 eclipse.

This year’s eclipse is estimated to last four minutes and 28 seconds maximum. 
The path of totality is defined by the University of Arkansas as “the track of the moon’s shadow across the Earth’s surface… This path is typically 16,000 kilometers (about 10,000 miles) long but only 160 kilometers (100 miles) or so wide. In order to see the sun totally eclipsed by the moon, you must be in the path of totality.”

Credit: Adalynne Wilkin, Staff Writer, The Pioneer Press (Read the full article here)