This year’s last total lunar eclipse on Saturday presented a celestial spectacle for people all over the country, including those in the national capital, in the pre-dusk hours. A total lunar eclipse will occur early Saturday morning, December 10, casting the moon into shadow and making it appear bright red and supersized. In North America, [...]
Stargazers who were willing to give up a little sleep got to catch the last lunar eclipse of 2010 early Tuesday. The total lunar eclipse lasted about three and a half hours, starting as a partial eclipse about 1:33 a.m. ET and finishing at 5:01 a.m. ET, according to NASA. As a coincidence, the eclipse [...]
A total lunar eclipse occurred early Tuesday morning and was visible from anywhere in North America where there was a clear sky. But that wasn’t the case in West Michigan. Skygazers with a clear view in North America and Europe were greeted with a celestial treat in the early morning hours Tuesday, as a unique [...]
For sky-watchers willing to brave frosty winter temperatures, more than a hundred meteors an hour may fall overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower. “The quarter moon will obscure the first part of the show, but once it sets after midnight [your local time], the conditions should be [...]
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December’s night sky spectacular will feature the best meteor shower of 2010 as well as the only total lunar eclipse of the year – sights should outshine any New Year’s Eve fireworks display in terms of sheer wonder. The massive Geminid meteor shower returns every year, so you’ll have more chances if the cold proves [...]
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