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Total Lunar Eclipse

On Sunday May 15, 2022, the members of our community had the opportunity to observe the total lunar eclipse from the Skyview Observatory. SPAC members brought their telescopes as well, and we all enjoyed this unique phenomenon for almost 3.5 hours. The ephemeris is given below:

Penumbral Eclipse started at 20:32:05

Partial Eclipse started at 21:27:52

Full Eclipse started at 22:29:03

Maximum Eclipse observed at 23:11:28

Full Eclipse ended at 23:53:55

Partial Eclipse ended at 00:55:07

Here are only few photos from that night's event (taken all with a mobile camera):

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If you participated in that star party and you have photos you would like to share, please email those to us!

Preston Gott Skyview Observatory