(Cannon Township, MI) – People around west Michigan will be looking to the sky this afternoon for the solar eclipse, and amateur astronomer and NASA Solar System Ambassador Mike Cortright has tips. The most important one is to be sure you are wearing solar eclipse glasses if you want to look at the sun when the moon is passing in front of it.. Cortright built an observatory in his backyard after retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 2017.
He is among many who have traveled to Indiana today to be in the area of totality.
The path of the total eclipse in the U.S. will kick-off in Dallas at 1:23 p.m. Eastern Time and totality will begin at 2:40 p.m. From there, residents in Idabel, Oklahoma will experience totality at 2:45 p.m. Folks in Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine will then experience what totality looks like in their states respectively.
Here is the eclipse totality path: All times Eastern
Totality at 2:40 p.m. in Dallas, Texas Totality at 2:45 p.m. in Idabel, Oklahoma Totality at 2:51 p.m. in Little Rock, Arkansas Totality at 2:56 p.m. in Poplar Bluff, Missouri Totality at 2:59 p.m. in Carbondale, Illinois Totality at 3:00 p.m. in Paducah, Kentucky Totality at 3:02 p.m. in Evansville, Indiana Totality at 3:13 p.m. in Cleveland, Ohio Totality at 3:16 p.m. in Erie, Pennsylvania Totality at 3:18 p.m. in Buffalo, New York Totality at 3:26 p.m. in Burlington, Vermont Totality at 3:27 p.m. in Lancaster, New Hampshire Totality at 3:32 p.m. in Caribou, Maine
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