A 105-year-old amateur astronomer is planning to see his 13th total solar eclipse on April 8. The Fort Worth, Texas, resident will travel to Plano for an ideal viewing experience.
A 105-year-old Texas resident is gearing up to see the total solar eclipse on April 8 — and it's not his first rodeo. LaVerne Biser of Fort Worth said his interest in astronomy began in high school, back in the 1930s. The umbraphile, a term referring to people who chase eclipses, spent his childhood admiring stars from his parent's Troy, Ohio, farmland in the 1920s, he told FOX 4 Dallas.
He still recalls seeing the Milky Way for the first time as a child. But it wasn't until 1963 that he saw his first total solar eclipse — and he was hooked. 'You see one, you want to see them all and will do everything you can to see them,' Biser said. 'They're so beautiful.' SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024: WHERE AND HOW TO VIEW THE RARE ORBIT HITTING THE US Biser, an engineer by trade, earned his bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in 1942.
Biser said to FOX 4. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The eclipse of 2017 was the last eclipse that he witnessed together with his wife. 'It was a good one,' he recalled. Biser carefully planned his next eclipse viewing. He has determined that he'll travel from Fort Worth to Plano. 'Over here, I’m at the edge of the pattern and it doesn’t last very long,' he said. 'Over there is closer to the middle. It’ll last three or four minutes over there.
And when asked about his health, Biser credited his longevity and energy to his teetotalism, plus never smoking cigarettes or taking illicit drugs, according to FOX 4. 'Just good Christian living,' he said. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.
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