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\"Red<\/a>

Red moon lunar eclipse<\/p><\/div>\n

UCF wants to give you a front row seat to the first lunar eclipse visible from Florida in more than three years.<\/p>\n

From 2:30 to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, volunteers from the UCF Robinson Observatory will share several telescopes with the public on Memory Mall as part of its \u201cKnights Under the Stars\u201d events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the kind of eclipse where the Moon passes through Earth\u2019s shadow,\u201d said Yan Fernandez, an associate professor of physics and astronomy and the director of the observatory on campus. \u201cIt\u2019s the opposite of the solar eclipse, where parts of Earth pass through the Moon\u2019s shadow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike a solar eclipse, the moon will appear bloody red.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Earth has an atmosphere, some sunlight is bent and actually passes around Earth to still hit the Moon,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cSo instead of the Moon turning totally black when it moves into our shadow, it will turn red, since the other colors of light are absorbed by our atmosphere.<\/p>\n

As an unrelated bonus, Mars and Saturn will also be high enough in the night sky to be visible during the eclipse. This month, Mars is the brightest it has been in almost 6\u00bd years, and won\u2019t be this bright again for 2 more years, Fernandez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it will be an unusually brilliant show for those willing to stay up and as long as cloud cover doesn\u2019t interrupt the show,\u201d Fernandez added.<\/p>\n

There is no cost to attend the event. Just look for the telescopes on Memory Mall, located on the north end of campus near the CFE Arena.<\/p>\n

The Robinson Observatory has one of the largest telescopes in Florida open to the public. The public is invited to visit the observatory during viewing nights. For a schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about the eclipse event or the program at UCF visit http:\/\/planets.ucf.edu\/observatory<\/a> or email planets@physics.ucf.edu.<\/p>\n

Visitors should check the website or facebook.com\/UCFObservatory before arriving on campus to make sure weather hasn\u2019t forced a cancellation of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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