Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Best Way To Watch the "Blood Moon" Tonight

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-omens dept.

An anonymous reader writes "People on the West Coast should be able to watch the beginning of the upcoming total lunar eclipse tonight at 10:20 pm. The entirety of the moon surface will be in Earth's shadow and start to glow red a couple hours later, a little after midnight. From the article: 'A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth align so that Earth's shadow falls across the moon's surface. Monday night's lunar eclipse is a total eclipse, which means Earth's shadow will cover the moon completely. The moon won't be blacked out by our planet's shadow. Instead, it will take on a reddish hue — anywhere from a bright copper to the brownish red of dried blood.'"

3 of 146 comments (clear)

  1. I'm going to have an excellent seat by wwphx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'll be watching the eclipse from the catwalk of a 3.5 meter telescope while said telescope shoots a laser at the moon and bounces the beam off of five retroreflectors. Weather permitting. It's awesome having a wife who's an astronomer/PhD.

    --
    When you sympathize with stupidity, you start thinking like an idiot.
  2. Re:What time zone is the 10:20 PM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "People on the West Coast should be able to watch the beginning of the upcoming total lunar eclipse tonight at 10:20 pm." Implies either PST or PDT.

    Do you have any idea how many West Coasts there are?

  3. Re:What time zone is the 10:20 PM? by jaymz666 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    There's only one west coast, in the whole world? really?