The library at Prestonsburg will have FREE eclipse-related materials, including glasses, as part of the viewings on campus on Monday, April 8.  If weather permits, best viewing is between 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm EDT.  For more on the eclipse phenomenon, check out our library information. 

 

Total Solar Eclipse - April 8 2024 - Path of Totality (Eastern Kentucky is in the 90% totality)

"Solar eclipse." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Mar. 2024. 0510i0zf6-y-https-academic-eb-com.libproxy.kctcs.edu/levels/collegiate/article/solar-eclipse/634455. Accessed 4 Apr. 2024.

 

Table of Eclipses, 2021-20230

Collins, George W. "Eclipse." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by Katherine H. Nemeh and Jacqueline L. Longe, 6th ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2021, pp. 1474-1478. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8124400841/GVRL?u=kctcsprcc&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=e271f09b. Accessed 4 Apr. 2024.

 

A gallery of different types of eclipses, explaining how each are created.

Ressmeyer, Roger H., and Jay M. Pasachoff. "The Darkness That Enlightens." National Geographic Magazine, vol. 181, no. 5, May 1992, pp. [30]+. National Geographic Virtual Library, 051010zhs-y-https-link-gale-com.libproxy.kctcs.edu/apps/doc/HKOMQQ132735714/NGMA?u=kctcsprcc&sid=bookmark-NGMA&xid=92aa1887. Accessed 4 Apr. 2024.