PUBLISHED ONDecember 26, 2019 2:58 AM
Skywatchers across Singapore are looking out for a chance to witness – weather and cloud cover permitting – a spectacular natural phenomenon on Thursday (Dec 26).
Here are six places you can view the rare annular solar eclipse dubbed the “greatest astronomical event in Singapore”:
1 PAssion WaVe @ Jurong Lake Gardens, 100 Yuan Ching Road
Admission: Free
Time: 11am to 4pm
Highlights: • See the eclipse from a kayak on the lake.
• Free workshops to make your own solar viewer, Japanese pastel nagomi art, watercolour painting.
• Six solar telescopes and a giant set of binoculars on site.
• Sign up via onepa.sg, or just drop by.
2 National Junior College, 37 HillCrest Road
Admission: Free
Time: 9am to 4pm
Highlights: • Observe the Sun magnified up to 500 times its size at the school’s High-Resolution Solar Research Observatory.
• Three self-built solar telescopes, including the largest and highest resolution amateur-class solar telescope in Singapore.
3 imPAct@Hong Lim Green, 20 Upper Pickering Street
Admission: Free
Time: 10am to 7pm
Highlights: • Six solar telescopes will be on site.
• Get a complimentary pair of solar glasses on a first-come-first-served basis by signing up at onepa.sg
• Visit AstroFest 2019, a space-themed carnival.
• Salute the sun in a mass yoga session from 11am to noon
4 Science Centre Singapore, 15 Science Centre Road
Admission: Charges apply
Time: 11am to 3pm
Highlights: • Catch a special planetarium show The Ring Of Fire at the Omni-Theatre (additional charges apply).
• Live streaming of the eclipse will also take place at the Marquee and E3 Exhibition, and will be available on Facebook.com/SCOBservatory
5 Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre, 30A Yishun Central 1
Admission: Free (additional charges apply for the talk)
Time: 10am to 4pm
Highlights: • Guest speaker, Mr Muhammad Faizal Othman, resource person for the Singapore Islamic Calendar, will be conducting a talk (in English and Malay) on the eclipse at Power Station 1.
6 Kebun Baru Spring Amphitheatre, 134 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3
Admission: Free
Time: 11am to 3.30pm
Highlights: • 300 free pairs of paper solar glasses available.
• Four interactive game booths will be set up by Ask Kopi Kakis volunteers.
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