2 minutes of darkness: Where you can catch the annular solar eclipse in Singapore

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Skywatchers across Singapore are looking out for a chance to witness – weather and cloud cover permitting – a spectacular natural phenomenon on Thursday (Dec 26).

Here are six places you can view the rare annular solar eclipse dubbed the “greatest astronomical event in Singapore”:

1 PAssion WaVe @ Jurong Lake Gardens, 100 Yuan Ching Road 

Admission: Free

Time: 11am to 4pm

Highlights: • See the eclipse from a kayak on the lake.

• Free workshops to make your own solar viewer, Japanese pastel nagomi art, watercolour painting.

• Six solar telescopes and a giant set of binoculars on site.

• Sign up via onepa.sg, or just drop by. 

2 National Junior College, 37 HillCrest Road

Admission: Free

Time: 9am to 4pm

Highlights: • Observe the Sun magnified up to 500 times its size at the school’s High-Resolution Solar Research Observatory.

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