Where and how to watch the solar eclipse in Sonoma County

Making plans for the eclipse? Here’s what you need to know.|

The Robert Ferguson Observatory will hold solar eclipse viewing events with solar telescopes and eclipse glasses from 8 a.m. to noon Monday at Courthouse Square and at the observatory in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Road. The event is free; parking is $8.

For information, go to rfo.org.

* Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says a “total eclipse of the sun belongs on everyone’s bucket list.”

* Monday’s total solar eclipse will be the first one visible from the contiguous United States since 1979, and the first time since 1918 a total eclipse has traveled from coast to coast.

* The cosmic event will last 90 minutes as the lunar shadow sweeps from Oregon to South Carolina at more than 1,500 mph.

* Next up is a total eclipse that will darken skies over Mexico, Texas and up through the Midwest and Northeastern U.S. in 2024.

To learn how dark it will get in your zipcode, go here.

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