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Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/13/2025
10:00 pm - 11:45 pm
Location
University of Illinois Campus Observatory
Categories
The March Observatory Open House will be held this Thursday (3/13), from 10pm to around 3am! This is a change from the usual Friday schedule for a spectacular reason: this Open House coincides with a Total Lunar Eclipse that can be seen from the entire Western Hemisphere!
They will open at 10pm with their regular activities, Dome Telescope and Antique Room tours, and then move on to watching the Lunar Eclipse as the partial eclipse begins around midnight. The major time points are:
10:57pm, 3/13 – Penumbral Eclipse Begins
12:09am, 3/14 – Partial Eclipse Begins
1:26am, 3/14 – Total Eclipse Begins
1:58am, 3/14 – Maximum Eclipse
2:31am, 3/14 – Total Eclipse Ends
3:47am, 3/14 – Partial Eclipse Ends
05:00am, 3/14 – Penumbral Eclipse Ends
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