Lunar Eclipse With or Without Clouds Tonight

There's still a chance, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that the clouds will part tonight to allow a clear view of the last total lunar eclipse until late 2010! If the weather fails to cooperate, you can still check out the eclipse at our special 7 p.m. planetarium program, where the skies are always clear and it's toasty warm to boot!
Schuele Planetarium Director Jay Reynolds previewed tonight's celestial event this morning on WTAM-1100 radio with Bill Wills, while Planetarium Specialist Suzie Dills talked with WTAM newswoman Mary Schuermann . You can hear Jay's interview and read an online article about the eclipse on the station's website. The page also includes a NASA graphic showing the phases of tonight's eclipse.
If the weather cooperates, tonight's planetarium show will be followed by a free, guided viewing party, that will include telescope viewing of other objects in the night sky. If you plan on coming, bundle up for the weather and bring binoculars if you have them. You're welcome to come to the planetarium program and then take your knowledge home to watch the eclipse from your own backyard, too.

UPDATE 2/25: Check out our gathering of moon watchers and Planetarium Director Jay Reynolds explaining the lunar eclipse (with props) on WKYC-TV. It's all in Reporter Lydia Esparra's report "Everything you need to know about last night's total lunar eclipse."