Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s award-winning science program “Quirks and Quarks,” is the guest presenter at the Peterborough Astronomical Association’s (PAA) monthly meeting that happens Friday. McDonald will Zoom into the meeting from the West Coast to talk about his book “An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space.” Community members are invited.
After sunrise at 07:38 Oct. 14, and just south of due East, the new moon will begin to pass in front of the sun starting at 08:08. By mid-eclipse at 09:22, just over 80 per cent of the sun’s disc will be occluded.