[Launch Alert] Santa Barbara Eclipse Viewing

[Launch Alert]

The following is a news relese from Westmont College:


OBSERVATORY OPENS EARLY FOR BLOOD MOON 

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The second total lunar eclipse of the year will be the focus of a free, public viewing on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 2:30-4:30 a.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The special viewing occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use. 

“This should be a fun event gazing at the spooky, coppery moon at totality through Westmont’s 8-inch refractor telescope,” says Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. 

The partial eclipse begins at 2:18 a.m. with totality beginning at 3:27 a.m. and ending at 4:22 a.m. The partial eclipse will end at 5:32 a.m.

Read more http://blogs.westmont.edu/2014/10/07/observatory-opens-early-for-blood-moon/