The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

CHESTER, Vt. – The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, is significant because it will be within a day’s drive of one of the most populous regions of our planet.

Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (SoVerA) member Claudio Véliz will discuss why we have a moon in the first place, and why we are so fortunate as to experience these events. Then, how to prepare for the eclipse, where to be, and what to do if it’s cloudy will all be covered. The presentation will be graphic-rich, with additional material for those who wish to delve deeper into the subject matter. Safe solar-filtered glasses will be handed out to in-person attendees, complete with instructions when this stunning event arrives.

Claudio Véliz pursues dual professions in architecture and astronomy. He has owned an award-winning architecture firm – Claudio Véliz Architect PLLC/AIA – since 1982, designing residential, institutional, municipal, retail, and corporate facilities. In his astronomy track, he was co-founder and twice president of SoVerA, headquartered in Chester, Vt. Now lecturing in the CALL Program at Keene State College, N.H., previously he worked and talked at New York’s Hayden Planetarium and the astronomy departments at Columbia University and Castleton University.