New York Today: How to Watch the Solar Eclipse<br />Our city is hosting plenty of them and many will have eclipse glasses on hand, including the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side; the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Midtown; Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Grange in Fort Greene;<br />and at public libraries like Pelham Bay Library and West Farms Library in the Bronx and the Clinton Hill Library in Brooklyn.<br />“The small amount of space between the leaves can drop little projected images of the sun, which will all be partial eclipses, on the ground.” Or head to a<br />park with a pond (like Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park or Van Cortlandt Park), where you can see the sun reflected in the water.<br />“The total solar eclipse is getting all the attention, but partial solar eclipses are an experience all on their own.”<br />The action will begin at 1:23 p.m., when the moon will begin to pass in front of the sun.<br />• Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “The Saltshaker Trick”<br />• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Morning Briefing.<br />While New York City isn’t in the path of today’s total solar eclipse, we’re still expecting quite the spectacle.<br />• The author Jeff Hobbs discusses his book, “The Short<br />and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League,” at the Hamilton Grange Library in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan.<br />In our effort to capture the energy surrounding today’s celestial event, we want to know:<br />When was the last time you saw this much enthusiasm for an event in New York City?
