Over 20,000 people enjoyed the solar eclipse in Morelia

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Thousands of people participated with great enthusiasm and excitement in the three venues that the Eclipses Michoacán Local Committee prepared for the observation of the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. There were 35 telescopes, 4,000 eclipse glasses and 200 volunteers among the three venues, which served more than 20,000 people in total who came to witness this beautiful natural phenomenon.

Photo galleries of each venue:

The eclipse was total in Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila, and was observed as partial in the rest of the Mexico. The totality also crossed the United States and southeastern Canada. In Michoacán, between 77% and 87% of solar occultation was observed, with 81% in Morelia. The last total eclipse visible anywhere in Mexico before this one was on July 11, 1991, and the next one will be on March 30, 2052. The next total eclipse visible in Morelia will be until the year 2261.

Eclipses Michoacán Local Committee
The Michoacán Local Committee includes different entities of the UNAM Campus Morelia, led by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics, the National School of Higher Studies Unidad Morelia, the UNAM Cultural Center Morelia, as well as government entities of Michoacán, such as the Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of Michoacán and the Morelia Convention and Exhibition Center through the Morelia Planetarium “Lic. Felipe Rivera”. This committee works alongside the Eclipses México National Committee.

Media contact:
Dr. René A. Ortega Minakata
Outreach and Science Communication
IRyA UNAM Campus Morelia
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Text: IRyA UNAM
Photos: Note: Bernardo Cervantes. Galleries: Bernardo Cervantes, Amaury Veyra, Planetario de Morelia, UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia, Instituto de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación del Estado de Michoacán