SAN DIEGO – During Monday’s solar eclipse, the San Diego Public Library will host Sky Parties for patrons across the City to experience this astral event.
Programming will vary at each of the 27 participating locations, but each library will have a limited supply of viewing glasses for patrons to safely observe the solar eclipse.
Some libraries will also have video monitors live-streaming NASA coverage from various points along the path of the total solar eclipse which starts in Oregon and ends in South Carolina.
The libraries below are in the city of San Diego. Check your county branch.
WHEN:
Monday, Aug. 21, 2017
Programs begin at 9:45 a.m.
Peak solar eclipse viewing in San Diego will be at 10:23 a.m.
WHERE:
The following 27 City libraries are hosting Sky Parties during the solar eclipse:
WHERE:
The following 27 City libraries are hosting Sky Parties during the solar eclipse:
Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library
5188 Zion Ave., San Diego, CA 92120
Balboa Library
4255 Mt. Abernathy Ave., San Diego, CA 92117
Carmel Mountain Ranch Library
12095 World Trade Drive, San Diego, CA 92128
Carmel Valley Library
3919 Townsgate Drive, San Diego CA 92130
*This location will also host a Sunshine Storytime for children.
San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common
330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101
*This location will also live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse.
College-Rolando Library
6600 Montezuma Road, San Diego CA 92115
La Jolla/Riford Library
7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla CA 92037
Linda Vista Library
2160 Ulric St., San Diego CA 92111
Logan Heights Library
567 S 28th St., San Diego, CA 92113
*This location will also live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse.
Mira Mesa Library
8405 New Salem St., San Diego CA 92126
Mission Hills Library
925 W. Washington St., San Diego, CA 92103
Mission Valley Library
2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA 92108
*This location will also host a Sunshine Storytime for children.
North Clairemont Library
4616 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, CA 92117
North Park Library
3795 31st St., San Diego, CA 92104
North University Community Library
8820 Judicial Drive, San Diego, CA 92122
*This location will also live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse and host a Sunshine Storytime for children.
Oak Park Library
2802 54th St., San Diego, CA 92105
Ocean Beach Library
4801 Santa Monica Ave., San Diego, CA 92107
Otay Mesa-Nestor Library
3003 Coronado Ave., San Diego, CA 92154
Pacific Beach/Taylor Library
4275 Cass St., San Diego, CA 92109
Paradise Hills Library
5922 Rancho Hills Drive, San Diego, CA 92139
Point Loma/Hervey Library
3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107
Rancho Bernardo Library
17110 Bernardo Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92128
Rancho Peñasquitos Library
13330 Salmon River Road, San Diego, CA 92129
*This location will also live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse.
San Ysidro Library
101 W. San Ysidro Blvd., San Diego, CA 92173
Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
10301 Scripps Lake Drive, San Diego, CA 92131
Tierrasanta Library
4985 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA 92124
University Community Library
4155 Governor Drive, San Diego CA 92122
*This location will also live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse.
Check County branches.
The San Diego Public Library would like to thank STAR_Net for donating the viewing glasses that make these Sky Parties possible. STAR_Net is a production of the Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning in collaboration with the American Library Association, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the Afterschool Alliance. Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the National Institutes of Health.