Raise a glass to the annular solar eclipse and new moon just before sunset on Sunday at Sky Bar, which is offering happy hour all day and night. A solar telescope will be available.
The astronomy-themed bar at 536 N. Fourth Ave. has open-to-close happy hours (that's 9 a.m. until 2 a.m.) and a variety of activities to celebrate celestial events through the rest of the year:
• June 4: Full moon. Partial lunar eclipse just before dawn.
• June 5-6: Transit of Venus across the sun. Solar telescope will be available.
• June 20: Summer Solstice Party with performances by the fire dancing troupe Elemental Artistry.
• July 3: Full moon.
• July 29: Delta aquarids meteor shower peak. Look in constellation Aquarius after midnight for days before and after.
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• Aug. 2: Full moon.
• Aug. 13: Perseid Meteor Shower Peak. Look northeast after midnight for days before and after.
• Aug. 31: Full moon, blue moon (two fulls in a month).
• Sept. 22: Fall equinox.
• Sept. 30: Full moon,.
• Oct. 20: Astronomy Day.
• Oct. 21: Orionid Meteor Shower Peak. Look up to the east after midnight days before and after.
• Oct. 29: Full moon.
• Nov. 13, New Moon and solar eclipse. Live feed from Australia(checking on exact time).
• Nov. 18: Leonid Meteor Shower Peak. Look up at Leo after midnight days before and after.
• Nov. 28: Full moon, lunar eclipse (dawn).
• Dec. 3: Jupiter at Opposition. The giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the sun. This is the best time to view and photograph Jupiter and its moons.
• Dec. 21: Winter Solstice. Fire dance show.
