Sky gazers across New Hampshire are preparing to watch tonight's lunar eclipse.
As long as skies are clear, the moon should pass through the earth's shadow beginning at 8:45.
By ten o'clock, the moon should be in total eclipse for about 50 minutes.
Astronomy Educator Tiffany Picard, at the Christa Mcauliffe Planetarium in Concord says it will be a breathtaking sight.
"Usually during totality it turns a nice deep red, almost like a blood red. That's just because of the atmospheric effects in Earth's atmosphere. You can kind of think of it as all the sunrises and sunsets being projected onto the moon at that point."
Picard says the planetarium will be open for viewing the eclipse until midnight.
UNH observatory in Durham is also holding a free public viewing.
The next chance to see a lunar eclipse won't be until December of 2010.
