The Tiverton Public Library is preparing for an upcoming free event that will feature a presentation on the upcoming solar eclipse. The free event will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, at the library at 34 Roosevelt Avenue in Tiverton. The presentation will be given by Francine Jackson, Staff Astronomer at the Ladd Observatory at Brown University.
The solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, and Tiverton will be in the 90% range of the eclipse, with the partial eclipse starting at 2:14 p.m. and ending at 4:39 p.m. This will be the last solar eclipse in the United States until 2045.
As part of the program, eclipse glasses will be handed out to all attendees while supplies last. The event is free and open to all ages. The Tiverton Public Library has a stellar line-up of programs leading up to the event, and more information about the event is available online.
The historic Ladd Observatory opened in 1891 under the direction of Professor Winslow Upton. A regular program of transit observations and timekeeping was started in 1893. Professor Charles Smiley, famous for his observations of solar eclipses, became director of Ladd Observatory in 1938.
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