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Article: Star Trak: Total Eclipse of the Moon in October.
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- AScribe Science News Service
- Article date:
- October 4, 2004
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Byline: Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A total eclipse of the moon will be the prime celestial attraction in October, even for those who don't normally watch the night sky. Observers in most of North America and all of South America, as well as western Europe and Africa, will see the full moon's color change from bright silver to dull copper as it passes through Earth's shadow on the night of Oct. 27-28. The event will not be visible in eastern Asia and Australia.
For details about where the eclipse will be visible, see http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2004Oct28/TLE2004Oct28.html.
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