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Once-In Lifetime Ohio Eclipse Enjoyed in Chillicothe Gathering

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Ohio University Chillicothe Physics Professor Michael Koop adds a few scientific notes at the solar eclipse viewing event on April 8th, 2024.

Ohio University – Chillicothe — “Edutainment” was the result for a crowd of about about 100 on the grounds of the OU branch campus Monday afternoon in a “solar eclipse viewing event.”

Physics Professor Michael Koop emceed the event, explaining what was happening as the moon almost blocked the sun for this area.

Chillicothe was a little south of totality, in a band from Cincinnati to Cleveland. Our area saw about a 98% eclipse, which was dramatic – but Koop said a 100% is described as “like someone broke the sky.”

The school had a small display with globes of the sun and moon, and a couple of devices to safely see the sun projected onto a flat surface. Of course, everyone had inexpensive eclipse glasses to shade their eyes from the small but intense light of the occluded sun.

I brought my family’s telescope and welcomed children (and older kids) to peek through the lens. A solar filter darkened the image enough to view the crescent sun safely.

Hear Koop in his own words, as well as see my crude snapshots of the eclipse, in the below videos and photos.

Koop also has a few videos on Youtube explaining science.

Ohio University Chillicothe Physics Professor Michael Koop shows the power of the eclipsed sun at the viewing event on April 8th, 2024.
Part of the setup for the solar eclipse viewing event hosted by Ohio University Chillicothe on April 8th, 2024.
A solar viewing contraption.
I brought my family’s telescope and welcomed children (and older kids) to peek through the lens…
…A solar filter in the telescope darkened the image enough to view the crescent sun safely.
Everyone could also take smart phone photos through the solar viewing glasses…though imperfectly.
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Raised in Ross County, Bearcat class of '87 at Paint Valley. Wrote a column on history and historic preservation for the Chillicothe Gazette right out of high school, then a bachelors in Journalism in the OU class of '91. After starting my one-man company "Intrepid Heritage Services" in Columbus in 1997 to offer historical research, tours, and talks, I retuned to Ross County in 2003. Have been working as a radio programmer and reporter at Clear Channel / iHeart Media Southern Ohio. Started working with the Scioto Post June 27th, 2023.