Montclair Livestream: Solar Eclipse As Seen From Tennessee

MONTCLAIR, NJ — You may not get a chance to get the full, awesome view of the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21 from New Jersey, but thanks to Montclair TV34, you can still catch it online.

Montclair TV34 stated that it plans to broadcast the total solar eclipse stream from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) on Monday. The solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow path in the continental US from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina, and right through the heart of Tennessee.

The a once-in-a-generation event is hosted live by The Center for Educational Media at the MTSU.

The solar eclipse program will run on Montclair TV34 (Comcast and FiOS channel 34) on Monday, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. It will also be available online at http://montclair.peg.tv.

MTSU is planning to enhance the eclipse viewing with:

• Experts, Videos and Slides provided by the MTSU Astronomy Department
• Live feed from NASA
• Live feed from MTSU’s observatory telescope

The program will also include three 10-minute segments from members of the MTSU Physics and Astronomy faculty:

• Segment 1 -- Ron Henderson (Eclipse Geometry)
• Segment 2 -- Chuck Higgins (Eclipse Path & Safety)
• Segment 3 -- John Wallin (Info on what you’ll see)

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Photo: NASA

SOLAR ECLIPSE AND NEW JERSEY

The solar eclipse will be visible across the United States for the first time since 1918. If the weather holds up, it should be visible across New Jersey, experts say.

But don't expect to get a total solar eclipse that will be much more visible in the South, according to the National Weather Service. However, locals should prepare themselves anyway.

The National Weather Service says New Jersey will likely get what's considered a "partial" solar eclipse — meaning that we'll see 70 to 75 percent of the sun covered by the moon — that will start shortly after 1 p.m. and reach its peak just before 3 p.m.

• See related article: Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Will New Jersey See It?