JCDO Observatory Director Thomas Herring prepares the Orion telescope for use on July 29 for a star party.
Photo by Jessica Garcia.
On Saturday, northeast Nevada will be in the path of annularity of the solar eclipse for at least a few minutes.
Western Nevada College’s Jack C. Davis Observatory will be ready to view the eclipse from 8 to 11 a.m., Director Thomas Herring said Wednesday. Herring will be at Great Basin College in Elko to view the full annularity, which will be approximately 118 to 137 miles, stretching from Oregon through Northern California, northeast Nevada, central Utah, northeast Arizona, southwest Colorado, central New Mexico and southern Texas, according to www.space.com.
The partial eclipse begins at 8:06 a.m. in Battle Mountain with the annularity beginning at approximately 9:21 a.m. and ending 9:25 a.m., according to the National Aeronatics and Space Administration. The eclipse ends at 10:48 a.m. in Nevada.
Interested community members are welcome to view the eclipse through the observatory’s James Webb telescope and tour its facilities at 2269 Vanpatten Ave., in Carson City.