NBPL release – On Tuesday, October 10 at 6:00 PM, the North Bend Public Library will host Dr. Aaron Coyner, SWOCC astrophysicist and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, to give a talk on an upcoming solar eclipse, which will be visible along the Southern Oregon Coast on October 14. Attendees at Dr. Coyner’s Eclipse Talk can expect to be given a general overview of the science behind eclipses. Attendees of the talk will also receive a free pair of solar glasses for safe viewing of the upcoming solar eclipse. Dr. Aaron Coyner is a solar physicist and faculty member at Southwestern Oregon Community College. He has research experience having spent graduate school at Rice University, and a 3-year post-doctoral research term at NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center. Since 2019, he has been a NASA Solar System Ambassador with a goal to make space accessible to everyone. For more information about this program, contact the library at (541) 756-0400 or email nbservices@northbendlibrary.org.
