{"id":59946,"date":"2017-08-14T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/?p=59946"},"modified":"2017-08-09T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:55:02","slug":"perkins-observatory-to-discuss-eclipse-today-on-wmrn-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/perkins-observatory-to-discuss-eclipse-today-on-wmrn-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Perkins Observatory to Discuss Eclipse Today on WMRN Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tune into Marion\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/wmrn.iheart.com\/\">WMRN-1490 AM<\/a> radio station this morning to hear Perkins Observatory\u2019s Don Stevens discuss the upcoming solar eclipse. Stevens will speak with reporter Jeff Ruth starting at 8:15 a.m. today.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 21, starting at about 1:04 p.m., Central Ohio will experience a partial solar eclipse as the moon passes in front of the sun. By 1:10 p.m., observers <strong>using safe viewing methods<\/strong> will see a tiny bite missing from the solar disk. By 2:30 p.m., the region will experience maximum eclipse, when more than 80 percent of the sun\u2019s disk will be blocked. After 2:30 p.m., the moon will expose larger and larger parts of the sun until 3:52 p.m., when the eclipse is completed.<\/p>\n<p>The safest method for observing the eclipse is with eclipse glasses, Stevens says. To help ensure local skywatchers are ready for next week\u2019s event, Perkins Observatory has teamed up with area Half Price Books stores to sell eclipse glasses. The glasses come with a brochure that includes eclipse times and safe, alternative methods for observing the phenomenon. Profits from the glasses will be used to make repairs to the observatory and to enhance its public activities.<\/p>\n<p>Source: University Communications.<br \/>\nContact: Perkins Observatory at <a href=\"mailto:perkins@owu.edu\">perkins@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tune into Marion\u2019s WMRN-1490 AM radio station this morning to hear Perkins Observatory\u2019s Don Stevens discuss the upcoming solar eclipse. Stevens will speak with reporter Jeff Ruth starting at 8:15 a.m. today. On Aug. 21, starting at about 1:04 p.m., Central Ohio will experience a partial solar eclipse as the moon passes in front of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59947,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59946\/revisions\/59947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}