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Default Not a lot of point to this

I didn't think much of the idea of watching a lunar ecclips online "live".

What's the point? But with the weather all set for more large VEI eruptions, what choice was the

http://www.space.com/23247-lunar-ecl...l?cmpid=555121

The full moon will dip into Earth's shadow tonight (18 October 2013), producing a lunar eclipse that can be seen by keen(?) observers around the world..

Weather permitting, sky watchers in Africa, Europe, western Asia, and the eastern parts of North and South America will get the chance to observe part of the southern portion of the moon passing into Earth's penumbra — the planet's outer shadow.

The shading will be subtle, but during the penumbral lunar eclipse, the moon will be partially in shadow for about four hours with the time of deepest eclipse occurring at 7:50 p.m. EDT (2350 GMT (What's that in BST?)). At that moment, the Earth's outer shadow will cover 76.5 percent of the lunar disk.

[See amazing photos of a penumbral lunar eclipse]{WTF?}

You can also watch the eclipse online. The online Slooh Space Camera will air a live broadcast of the entire four-hour eclipse starting at 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 GMT). Slooh's team of experts will join the show at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) to comment during the eclipse's peak. You can watch the penumbral eclipse webcast live on SPACE.com, courtesy of Slooh.


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