We’ve assembled an expert panel to answer your burning questions about the upcoming ‘Great American Eclipse.’ Join us on Facebook at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15.
Can you look directly at the solar eclipse without special glasses? Will you even be able to see the eclipse from where you live? What’s the best way to photograph it?
We’ll have experts on hand to answer all your eclipse-related questions at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, on The Seattle Times’ Facebook page. You can also leave questions in the comment thread on this article.
More on the eclipse
- Northwest, like the rest of the nation, thrilled by coast-to-coast celestial show
- Watch: Dramatic view of solar eclipse from Alaska Airlines flight on Boeing 737
- Seattle companies to workers for eclipse: Stop working and go outside
- Watch live video, find more live updates from our reporters, photographers
- Being awe-struck — by a solar eclipse or another event — has surprising benefits
- 5 stories about why we’re attracted to a total solar eclipse: Finding love, getting stoned
- NASA research plane flying from Seattle for eclipse mission
- ‘Great American eclipse’ will be the most-studied ever, thanks to citizen scientists
- How Seattle and the Northwest celebrated the last total solar eclipse
Our expert panel:
• Seattle Times science reporter Sandi Doughton
• University of Washington astrophysicist Sarah Tuttle
• Bryan Brewer, author of the book “Eclipse: History. Science. Awe.”
More on the 2017 Solar Eclipse
• Stuck at home? You can still watch the total eclipse online
• Eclipse may make animals act strangely, scientist say
• Science Says: Solar specs needed for safe viewing of eclipse
• ‘Great American eclipse’ will be the most-studied ever, thanks to citizen scientists