Lunar eclipse

There are some things you just can miss and the unique event of a solar or moon eclipse is one of it. Sky lovers had the opportunity on Wednesday night to watch the last total lunar eclipse until 2010, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. It can be seen from North and South America, while in Europe and Africa was visible before dawn on Thursday. How does a lunar eclipse happen? Well usually it occurs when the full moon passes into Earth's shadow and is blocked from the sun's rays that normally illuminate it. The sun, Earth and moon line up, leaving a darkened moon visible to observers on the night side of the planet. The moon won't go totally dark because indirect sunlight still reaches it after passing through the Earth's atmosphere. For many people in the United States a factor that might prevent them from watching the lunar eclipse would be the weather, due to the fact that cloudy skies were forecasted by the National Weather Service for most of the Western states with a chance of snow from the heartland to the East Coast. Jack Horkheimer, host of the PBS show "Star Gazer," called the event "the moon, the lord of the rings and heart of the lion eclipse." The astronomical event is expected to take place on Wednesday starting around 7 pm on the west Coast and 10 pm on the East Coast and will last about an hour. It can be viewed without any protective eyewear. Nevertheless I recommend special glasses for the total solar eclipse that will take place later this year, in August. Enjoy!

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