Jakarta Planetarium Invites Sky Watchers to View Partial Solar Eclipse

For those of us who are not so lucky to be able to travel to locations where one can watch the total solar eclipse to be clearly seen in 12 provinces in Indonesia – from Palembang to Belitung, Pontianak, Balikpapan, Poso, Palu and Ternate, there is another option to watch the partial eclipse in Jakarta, namely through the telescopes of the Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory.

Through its press release, the Jakarta Planetarium has announced that the Planetarium will be open to interested public from 04.30 am on Wednesday 9 March 2016 for the following:

Observation and coverage of the Partial Solar Eclipse as seen in Jakarta through 6 (six) brand new telescopes of the Planetarium and Observatory at Taman Ismail Marzuki.