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RE: February 2008

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The Riparian Preserve's observatory will be open Wednesday night for a lunar eclipse.
The viewing will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at the preserve, at Greenfield and Guadalupe roads, with the best viewing time between 8 and 9 p.m.
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At dawn, next Thursday, 21st February, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from Spain.
The entire phenomenon will last about five hours and 42 minutes. The total eclipse will take place between 03:01 and 03:52, Universal Time, the local time in the Canary islands, which is one hour ahead of the mainland.
This is a very favourable occasion for observation of the eclipse in the mid-Atlantic zone, but the event will be visible from practically every continents on the planet.

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Feb 20 Lunar Eclipse

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On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipsethe last one until Dec. 2010.

The Sun goes down. The Moon comes up. You go out and look at the sky. Observing the eclipse is that easy. Maximum eclipse, and maximum beauty, occurs at 3:26 GMT (10:26 pm EST).

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