KW Area - Eclipse April 8 2024

The Path of Totality is the grey area on the map. The centre line (marked in red) is the location with the longest totality. The farther from the red line, the shorter the eclipse. Niagara Falls has the same length of eclipse as Dunnville. St Catherines will have 3 minutes, Grimsby 2 minutes and Hamilton with 1. The area outside the grey area will experience a partial solar eclipse.

KITCHENER PARTIAL ECLIPSE TIMES: King at Victoria Streets, 43.449, - 80.4900.

Partial Eclipse: 99.43%, Magnitude: 0.991, Duration: 2h 27m 18s,

partial starts: 2:03:14 pm, maximum: 3:18:24 pm, partial ends: 4:30:32 pm

EVENTS IN THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO AREA: If you are not going south into the Path of Totality, here is a list of events that are being planned in our area:

Waterloo: University of Waterloo. April 4, 7 to 9 pm. “Eclipse Perspective” presentation at Waterloo University. Quantum Nano Centre, Building QNC 0101. Registration is required. Go to: https://uwaterloo.ca/science/events/eclipse-perspectives

Kitchener: ECLIPSE DAY. April 8, THEMUSEUM, will be open to the public, doing an eclipse simulation in our StarLab, an eclipse craft for little kids, activities to augment viewing experiences such as using the colander and taking photos, etc. Sorry the Museum is sold out of eclipse glasses.

Guelph: ECLIPSE DAY. The University of Guelph is having an event at the MacNaughton Observatory and on the Johnson Green. It runs from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. Visit the link for more information and eclipse videos. https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/events/2024/04/2024-partial-solar-eclipse-viewing

Elgin County Events Page: https://www.elgincounty.ca/2024-total-solar-eclipse/

Dorchester: April 4. Dorchester Public Library, Eclipse Presentation, 10:00 to 12:30. Eclipse glasses available.

Dorchester. ECLIPSE DAY. April 8, Observing party. details to follow.

Hamilton: ECLIPSE DAY, The Hamilton Centre of RASC is having their Eclipse Party, April 8, 9:00 to 5:30 at the Lime Ridge Mall, 999 Upper Wentworth Street, Hamilton. hamiltonrasc.ca. This event is full. If you want to observe the eclipse in Hamilton, plan to go to one of the city parks. Don’t wait for the last minute.

Niagara Falls: ECLIPSE DAY. Niagara Falls Centre of RASC is having a Solar Party, April 8, at Heartland Forest Forest, 8215 Kalar Road, Niagara Falls. Go to: astronomyniagara.com

Mississauga: ECLIPSE DAY. U of T at Mississauga is planning an Eclipse Event on their campus.

Port Colborne: ECLIPSE DAY. https://www.portcolborne.ca/solareclipse.

ECLIPSE PARTY at the RCAF MUSEUM IN DUNNVILLE.

PURPOSE

The focus of our Club’s work is to encourage people in the Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Stratford, and London Area to travel south to the “Path of Totality.” We are assuming that the crowds from the GTA will travel to the Golden Horseshoe and along the Niagara River.

WHY DUNNVILLE?

We have chosen the Dunnville area to arrange for observing sites. It will avoid the crowded areas from Fort Eire to St. Catherines and to Hamilton.

Directions : Dunnville is a ninety minute drive from Kitchener. The best route is down Franklin St. in Cambridge, east on Dunlap / Hwy 8 to Peters Corners, south on Rte 52 to Rte 56 to Rte 3 into Dunnville. This route avoids major highways and should be less crowded on eclipse day making it a one day trip.

OBSERVING SITES:

No. 6 RCAF Museum, 536 Port Maitland Road, Dunnville. The museum will be open eclipse day. The site is only 12 seconds off of the Path of Totality giving a total eclipse time of 3 minutes and 33 seconds. rcafmuseum.org

The museum location has space for 400 cars. Opens at 9:00. So get there early. If the event is full, consider planning to go to one of the county parks. They are listed at www.haldimandcounty.ca/eclipse. Or consider parking on the side of any of the secondary side roads in the county. Check them out on Google maps. Go to Google Street View to check out the width of the shoulders of the road. Make sure you plan for an alternate observing site.

Location 42.88, - 79.587

partial begins   2:03:54 pm,

full begins        3:17:31 pm

maximum         3:19:18 pm

full ends           3:21:04 pm

partial ends      4:31:27 pm

Duration of totality:  3 minutes, 33 seconds.

There will be more information posted here as our plan develops.