If youve ever been curious about NASA or the universe, Wednesday night might be the perfect time to get some answers.

The local Friends of Galileo Astronomy Club is featuring guest speaker Les Hasting, a NASA ambassador, for its upcoming monthly meeting Wednesday night. This free event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m in the basement of the Longview Public Library.

FOG President Chuck Ring said Hasting, a native of Skamania County, will cover a multitude of topics.

(Hasting) gives a pretty good lecture about what you can see right now and whats going to happen in the near future, Ring said. He may talk about the solar eclipse. Its just good information.

On Aug. 21, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun, which NASA describes as one of natures most awe-inspiring sights. The path of totality, in which the moon will completely cover the sun, will stretch from Lincoln Beach, Ore., to Charleston, S.C. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the suns disk.

In Southwest Washington, about 90 percent of the sun will be eclipsed.

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