CSN Planetarium to Host Solar Eclipse Event

Telescopes and eclipse glasses will be available at the free, public event

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 14, 2017 – Join expert astronomers from the College of Southern Nevada’s Planetarium to experience the celestial event of the century.

From 9 a.m. to noon on August 21, the Planetarium will host an event featuring telescopes, educational displays, live streams of the solar eclipse, and more. Free eclipse viewing glasses will also be available.

Las Vegas will experience a 72 percent partial solar eclipse beginning at 9:09 a.m. that day, lasting until 11:52 a.m. It will be the first time in 99 years that a solar eclipse crossed the entire continental United States.

What:             Solar Eclipse Viewing

When:             9 a.m. to noon Monday, August 21

Who:               Expert astronomers from the CSN Planetarium

Where:            The CSN Planetarium on the North Las Vegas Campus, 3200 East Cheyenne Ave.

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