Tag: eclipse 2024

Wondering What to Do With Your Eclipse Glasses?

April 9, 2024 By ml-admin

You can bring them back to Maxwell!

On October 2, 2024 there’s going to be an annular eclipse in South America’s Southern Cone (mostly in Chile and Argentina). Astronauts Without Borders and Eclipse Glasses USA are collecting eclipse glasses that are still usable to distribute in schools in the path of that eclipse.

Maxwell and other OCPL libraries will collect glasses, and OCPL will forward them on to one of the organizations that will distribute them in South American schools.

To be usable glasses must have no scratches, punctures, tears or any other damage that might compromise their protective quality.

↩ In an annular eclipse the entire moon fits over the sun but the outer edge of the sun is still visible as a ring or annulus.

We’re out of Eclipse Glasses :-(

April 4, 2024 By ml-admin

We have run out of glasses for viewing the eclipse.

We Have Eclipse Glasses

April 1, 2024 By ml-admin

Several patrons have asked for details about the glasses… specs on the specs, as it were.

They are provided by Star Net with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL), and the Space Science Institute.

The following is from the “fine print” on the glasses themselves. In particular, note the limit of 3 minutes continuous use.

Eclipse Cereal Box Viewer

March 28, 2024 By ml-admin

Saturday, April 6
11:00 AM to 12 Noon

For all ages
Free
Registration required

Looking directly at the sun is extremely dangerous; irreversible eye damage occurs. While it’s very tempting to look directly at the Sun during the eclipse, this is not safe.

At this program, we’ll use a cereal box and other common materials to create a safe way to view the Sun during the eclipse.

Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Eclipse Viewing Party at Munro Park

March 18, 2024 By ml-admin

Monday, April 8
2 to 4 PM

Free
For all ages
No registration

Join Maxwell Library staff at Munro Park in the Village of Camillus to view the solar eclipse safely as its path goes through Syracuse. This event will be held rain or shine. We recommend you bring a lawn chair or blanket, and dress accordingly. If you have eclipse glasses or a pinhole or cereal box viewer, please bring them with you.

The library building will be closed from 2 to 4 PM.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we’re excited to come together as a community to share in its wonder.

Total Eclipse, Partial Closing

March 18, 2024 By ml-admin

Maxwell Library will close from 2 to 4 PM on Monday, April 8 so patrons and staff can experience the Total Solar Eclipse.

Study Rooms will be closed from 1:30 to 4:30 PM.

Please join us outside for this spectacular event!

Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven

March 16, 2024 By ml-admin

Tuesday, March 26
4:00 to 5:00 PM

For Grades K-6
Free
Registration required

Did you know you can directly use solar power to cook food? Make your own solar oven out of a pizza box and learn about energy and solar power. Each participant will receive a bag of s’mores ingredients to cook at a later (warmer and sunnier) date. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Many thanks to Cam’s Pizzeria in Camillus for donating the pizza boxes!

More about eclipse glasses

March 14, 2024 By ml-admin

As noted before, we’ll have the eclipse viewing glasses available beginning on Monday, March 25 (limit of 1 pair per family).

Several patrons have asked for details about the glasses… specs on the specs, as it were.

They are provided by Star Net with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL), and the Space Science Institute.

The following is from the “fine print” on the glasses themselves. In particular, note the limit of 3 minutes continuous use.

Create a UV Bracelet

March 14, 2024 By ml-admin

Tuesday, March 19
12 Noon to 5 PM

Grades K to Adult
Free
No registration

Make your own ultraviolet light detecting bracelet! The beads will change color when exposed to a UV light source, such as the Sun.

Drop in anytime during the hours above.

Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Learn About the Solar Eclipse with The MOST!

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

Saturday, March 16
1:30 to 2:30 PM

For all ages
Free
Registration required

Learn about what happens during a solar eclipse, how to view it safely, and what you can to do prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime experience! From basic terms to safety tips, The MOST will review everything you need to know for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8.

Eclipse Chalk Art

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

Saturday, March 9
10:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Free
No registration
For all ages

Create chalk art and discover the Sun’s corona (“crown”). During an eclipse, the Sun’s corona, the outermost part of its atmosphere, is visible! Drop in anytime during the hours above. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Eclipse info page

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

In anticipation of the April 8 eclipse, Maxwell’s Website has a page to aggregate eclipse related information and program notices.

You can get to the page directly through the navigation menu that appears on any page on our site, or you can go there directly with this link.

Camillus Eclipse Festival

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

Monday, April 8
1:00 to 4:00 PM
Registration

Join us for an exciting eclipse festival in Fairmount/Camillus on April 8th from 1 to 4 PM, co-sponsored by Camillus Parks & Recreation, Fairmount and Maxwell Libraries, and the Town of Camillus. There will be food trucks, live music, hands-on educational activities for children, vendors, eclipse glasses to view the eclipse, and more!!

More info to come as we get closer to the big event!

This event is being held on the lawn at Bicentennial Park (Camillus Town Hall).

Eclipse Glasses

March 4, 2024 By ml-admin
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Maxwell will begin distributing glasses for viewing the April 8 eclipse beginning on Monday, March 25.

There will be a limit of 1 pair per family.