ALL EYES will be cast skywards later this week with the city set to be shadowed by a solar eclipse.
Worcester Astronomical Society has organised a series of events to allow people to get the most out of the partial eclipse Tomorrow (Friday March 20).
Between 8.15am and 11am they will be at the Countryside Centre in Wildwood Drive with their high-powered telescope which has a special solar filter designed to be ultra-safe for looking at the sun.
The chairman of the society, Chris Livingstone, will be taking photographs for those who are unable to see the phenomenon, which they will show at Bishop Perowne C of E College at 7.30pm the same day.
This will coincide with the BBC Stargazing Live show hosted by astronomer Brian Cox.
The college will also hold a workshop next Thursday (March 26) from 7.30pm until 9.30pm for anyone who has a telescope but is not sure how to use it.
Mr Livingstone said: “People are invited to attend the event and look through telescopes at the many, many objects in the sky such as the Seven Sisters, Orion Nebula and Jupiter and the many Messier objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier – if the night is clear.
“It is a very exciting time of the year for stargazing at the moment, we have Venus in the sky and Jupiter and a very rare eclipse.”
The Hive will also host a space night with activities for children and adults to see the stars or try out space related experiments today (Thursday).
