Dr. Ray Garner<\/a>, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His presentation will cover the basics of eclipses \u2014 how and why they happen \u2014 and eclipse-viewing safety, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGarner said his favorite eclipse moment is seeing daylight suddenly change to an \u201ceerie twilight\u201d in a few seconds, where everything becomes quiet. The sun vanishes and is replaced by a \u201cblack orb\u201d of the moon, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou sort of experience the \u2018music of the spheres,\u2019 as German astronomer Johannes Kepler called the mechanics of the solar system in action,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sort of brings you out of yourself, watching and being a part of these events that we can in no way affect or stop. It\u2019s humbling, really.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event also includes NASA\u2019s livestream of the eclipse on large screens. The first 200 guests will receive free solar glasses, Reece said. Randall Light and Mark Spearman of the Brazos Astronomy Club are sponsors of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilborn said the eclipse performance elicits a \u201ccelebratory ending,\u201d and hopes guests leave with a memorable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hope that they are able to listen to the music and really relate it to what is happening in the sky,\u201d he said. \u201cTo develop that sort of relationship between the music and the solar eclipse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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