“Some call it a supermoon lunar eclipse, others call it a super blood moon eclipse. Either way, Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will celebrate the celestial trifecta Sunday with live classical music and lots of skygazing,” writes Mary Forgione in Monday’s (9/21) Los Angeles Times. “First, the moon will be full…. Then the moon will appear to be large, a supermoon, because it’s in what’s called ‘lunar perigee,’ meaning the moon will be at its closest point to the Earth during its orbit. This all coincides with a lunar eclipse when the Earth blocks the sun’s light from hitting the moon. It may have a red or coppery appearance too, hence the ‘blood’ moon moniker…. Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park hosts a free Star Party starting at 2 p.m. Sunday when telescopes will be in place. Then from 6:30 to 9:45 p.m., pianist Ray Ushikubo will be playing Beethoven sonatas as part of the L.A. Philharmonic’s ‘Immortal Beethoven’ program. Visitors can peer through the telescopes on the observatory’s lawn or look up with the naked eye to see the total eclipse…. You can watch the event unfold through the observatory’s Zeiss telescope via live-stream broadcast…. The last supermoon lunar eclipse occurred in 1982.”
Posted September 25, 2015
