PREPARE FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE EVENT
Irene Baron    irenebaron.com    February 2024

As a NASA-Partner Eclipse Ambassador and NSTA/Space Science Institute Eclipse Ambassador, I will be making Ohio presentations about the April total solar eclipse. The first will be at Ohio University Zanesville in Elson Hall on 7 March beginning at 6:00 PM.
At all my speaking events, hosts plan to pass out solar lenses to attendees. 

If you plan to be in the path of totality during any total solar eclipse, please know that…

COMET LEONARD 2021 
by Irene Baron 5 March 2021

Whoever believes they have discovered a new comet should send by email or fax the celestial location of the comet to the United States Naval Observatory. 

The person sending the first received notification will be considered to be the official discoverer of the comet. That person is always given the option to name the comet.  This comet was discovered by Greg Leonard (Greg Leonard | Catalina Sky Survey (arizona.edu)) on 3 January, 2021 at the Mount Lemmon…

THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER

The Perseid meteor shower is the most exciting astronomy event of the year.

It can be viewed the nights of 17 July through 24 August 2020. The peak night when you will see the most meteors will be Wednesday, 12 August. 

Expect light pollution from the Moon this year. 

Due to COVID-19, the Zanesville Astronomy Club will not host a Perseids Meteor Shower event.

The best viewing time is from eleven pm and later.  After midnight, expect to see at least one meteor or shooting star per…