Something to check out

Tonight there will be a total eclipse of the moon. This will not happen again until December 20, 2010. In North America we will be able to see the eclipse in totality. The Earth will start to cover the moon at 7:43 p.m. and it will be totally covered by 9:01 p.m. The complete coverage of the moon will last for 51 minutes. In the middle of the eclipse the moon could turn up to be brown, orange, crimson or brick red. This is something to keep your kids up for, not to mention it starts early enough that they will be able to track the progress. You should also be able to see saturn approximately eight moon spaces to the right of the moon. Maybe I can get some good pictures if the clouds stay away.