Space Station Threshold

If you read this week's SkyWatcher's Forecast, then you knew several areas of the world were in for a partial lunar eclipse event. While the Moon basically just did a glancing pass through the umbral shadow, the effect was still dramatic and I was hoping that at least one photographer out there would have [...]

If you've ever wanted to see a solar eclipse, this might be the time to do it. It is a very rare chance to see an eclipse at totality because the Moon's shadow is so small and, more often than not, it falls on sparsely populated regions of the planet. Often eclipse hunters are resigned [...]

It's likely that sometime in your education career, an English teacher had you enjoy (or suffer through, depending on your tastes) at least part of that classic of classics, Homer's Odyssey. It tells the story of Odysseus, a Greek general, who embarks on a 10-year journey back home after battling in the fall of [...]

Something strange happens during a solar eclipse. As the Moon's shadow passes over the surface of the Earth, observers have noticed mysterious bands of shadow ripple ahead and behind the eclipse. It seemed possible that these bands were a result of constructive and destructive interference of sunlight around the limb of the Moon (an effect ...

Like I said, you buried me with photos of last week's total lunar eclipse. So here's another batch. Thanks to everyone who went outside and remembered to bring a camera. If you're a budding (or veteran) astrophotographer, I highly recommend you check out the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum. We have a section just for people to ...

I asked and you delivered. Here is just a fraction of the eclipse photos Universe Today readers sent in. Thanks to everyone who participated! Up first, here's a mosaic of six images of the Moon captured by Thomas Jacobs using a 4.5" reflector from Woodstock, Georgia in the US. The photos were captured through a pretty [...]

How was your view of this week's lunar eclipse? The skies actually opened up here in Vancouver, and we were able to see good portions of the eclipse. The kids were really excited, and got to stay up late watching the eclipse - it was all they were talking about the next day. So send me [...]

By the end of August, you might be just cooling down from the excitement of the Perseid meteor show, but it's time to gather the friends and family again for another fantastic sky show - a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, August 28th, 2007. This is going to be one of most popular, visible from [...]