lunar eclipse
jhalper | June 13, 2011The service tower attached to the iconic floating egg atop the Institute's Koffler accelerator (the "spaceship" in the photo, left) has recently been graced with a charming, shiny silver skullcap - an observatory dome. Formally known as the Martin Kraar Observatory, it houses two telescopes, and it figured in two of our recent press items. We spoke with observatory director Ilan Manulis of the Davidson Institute of Science Education:
WSW: Tell us about the telescopes.
IM: The larger one is a 41 cm. (16 in.) telescope. Due to special optical properties, it has the power of a much longer…
esiegel | February 18, 2008As Bonnie Tyler sang, and later The Dan Band (with more cursing),
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
Well, it isn't the heart, but this Wednesday night, beginning at 10 PM Eastern Standard time (8 PM my time, and 4 AM Thursday morning for my European readers), there is a total lunar eclipse. One of the things that's neat about a lunar eclipse, as compared to a solar eclipse, is that you can see it from everywhere on Earth at once! If you watch it, you'll see a full moon begin to be obscured, followed…
sporte | September 3, 2007The Capitol Hill Seattle blog has a great set of lunar eclipse photos on flickr.