A total lunar eclipse will be occurring on the evening of Sunday, September 27. UCF's Robinson Observatory will have telescopes set up on Memory Mall for the event; UCF students, staff, faculty, and the public at large are all welcome to visit and see the eclipsed Moon through our telescopes. The partial eclipse starts at 9:07 pm; totality lasts from 10:11 pm to 11:23 pm; the partial ends at 12:27 am. This is the last total lunar eclipse visible from Florida for 3.5 years. More info will be posted at:
http://planets.ucf.edu/observatory/openhouse and
https://www.facebook.com/UCFObservatory . Note that this event is subject to weather; please check these websites ahead of time to see if weather will allow us to hold the event. Also note that this event is not at Robinson Observatory itself; it will be held on Memory Mall.
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