Observatory Opens for Total Eclipse of the Moon

Price of the Dollar BCV today, March 17: This is the official rate of the Central Bank of VenezuelaDates of payments in the Bank of the Nation according to schedule of March 2025During the 365 days that make up the year, various events linked to astronomy attract attention because of their characteristics, and that spectacularity that encompasses both plenilunios and planetary alignment, among others. Today, and after the total lunar eclipse of …

Moon over AMI - Anna Maria Islander

Angie’s abstract angles Doug Blunt captured wife Angie March 13 as she angled under her camera and adjusted settings for her capture of the moon from the beach. The full blood moon — named for the red tinge caused by a total lunar eclipse — passed into Earth’s shadow in the early morning March 14. This was the first total lunar eclipse since November 2022 and it will be the only lunar eclipse visible from the United States this year. Selenophile…

Observatory Opens for Total Eclipse of the Moon

The 2022 lunar eclipse (photo by: professor emeritus Ken Kihlstrom with the Keck Telescope) The moon as seen with the Keck Telescope If the weather cooperates, the Westmont Observatory will open for the viewing of a rare lunar event beginning Thursday, March 13, at 10 pm and lasting until Friday, March 14, at 1 am. The powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on a total lunar eclipse, which will be visible throughout North American and in some locat…