For those not hitting the trail to Madras, Ore., for Monday’s solar eclipse, scientists at Cal State Fullerton have set up an alternative.

Campus and community members are invited to view the eclipse on campus with the help of special equipment and physics faculty members.

Telescopes with filters designed to safely look at the sun, along with protective glasses, will be available for visitors Aug. 21 on the lawn on the south side of Dan Black Hall, off Nutwood Avenue. The viewing begins at 9 a.m.; the eclipse will start at 9:06 a.m. and end just before noon.

Jocelyn Read, assistant professor of physics, and Joshua Smith, associate professor of physics, will be on hand to answer questions.

The eclipse will be only partial, not total, for Southern California viewers. The moon will cover 65 percent to 70 percent of the sun’s surface, said Shovit Bhari, CSUF staff physicist.

Bhari, along with Murtadha Khakoo, professor of physics, and civil engineering major Matthew Jackson are traveling to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to witness and photograph the total eclipse. They will stream the event live on the physics department Facebook page.

“This might be the only total solar eclipse I will witness in my lifetime, so I’m looking forward to seeing the dark sky for couple of minutes during the daylight,” Bhari said. “I’m also excited about seeing the sun’s corona — the outermost atmosphere of the sun, which is visible only during the total solar eclipse. This is a rare Earth event. It’ll be a sight of a lifetime.”

If you go

What: Viewing of partial solar eclipse

Where: Cal State Fullerton, south of Dan Black Hall

When: 9 a.m. Aug. 21

Parking: Visitors are urged to use public transportation. Those with CSUF parking permits can catch a free shuttle to campus from the Evangelical Free Church on Brea Boulevard or from the Brea Mall. Details here.

More information: facebook.com/calstatefullerton.physics