Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
Baylor University is partnering with Lowell Observatory, Discovery, and the City of Waco to host Eclipse Over Texas: Live from Waco. Here are some of the eclipse-related events at Baylor and in the Waco area.
- March 21 – Exploring the Great Unknown – Pairing music with breathtaking images of the cosmos
- April 7 – Sci-Fi Spectacular: Sun, Moon, and Superstars
April 5 – 7
Waco Weekend events – nightly concerts, STEAMclipse, parade, fun run
April 7
American Eclipse – the musical
See the Baylor Theater webpage for more information
April 8
9:30 am – O.T. Hayward public lecture by Jack Schmitt (most recent living person to have walked on the moon), Hurd Welcome Center, Room 102
10 am – 4 pm
STEAM Zone at Touchdown Alley
Faculty, staff and students can request a complimentary ticket: https://eclipse.web.baylor.edu/eclipse-over-texas-tickets-0
– NASA, Lowell Observatory, Mayborn Museum, and Physics will have anchor sites
– Science talks, hands-on activities, solar telescopes
Mayborn Museum will also have hands-on activities in the Village, behind the museum
11 am – 3 pm Diadeloso
Physics, Geosciences, and Environmental Sciences will have hands-on activities, solar telescopes, as well as a weather station and solar panels showing how the environment changes in real time
Psychology and Neuroscience will be conducting a survey to study the experience of awe during the eclipse.
Art Department and Martin Museum of Art – walk through camera obscura, several take-home eclipse-themed art projects including screen-printed bookmarks, cyanotype prints, and charcoal rubbings
12:20 pm – First Contact (moon touches sun’s edge)
1:38 pm – Totality begins
1:40 pm – Maximum Eclipse
1:42 pm – Totality Ends
3:00 pm – Last Contact