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Total Solar Eclipse: Partial View Over Hawai‘i Begins at Dawn
Sky watchers in Hawaiʻi will get a glimpse of the event before it becomes total, with about one third of the sun’s disk blocked by the moon at dawn on Monday…
Perseid Meteor Shower Comes on Heels of Super Moon
Viewing will be best between midnight and dawn in the eastern sky, according to the Bishop Museum Planetarium. The Perseid Meteor Shower happens around mid-August each year.
Mauians Look to Sky for Rare Venus Transit
Park staff at Haleakala National Park will join science students from Seabury Hall in helping visitors to view the phenomena using “sunspotter” scopes and “sunpeeps” (available at cost in the park). Park officials say number 14 welder’s glasses and projection boxes are also being used for safe viewing.
