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Friends of Ohio State Astronomy & Astrophysics - Total Lunar Eclipse May 15, 2022

Photos of a total lunar eclipse (copyright Fred Espenak)
May 15, 2022
8:30PM - 11:59PM
Arne Slettebak Planetarium, 5033 Smith Laboratory, 174 West 18th Avenue

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Add to Calendar 2022-05-15 20:30:00 2022-05-15 23:59:00 Friends of Ohio State Astronomy & Astrophysics - Total Lunar Eclipse May 15, 2022 Come watch the best Total Lunar Eclipse of the year with us from the roof of Smith Laboratory on the Ohio State campus!  Starting at 8:30pm (about sunset) we will have telescopes on the roof of Smith Laboratory, as well as start the first of three 30-minute Planetarium shows on the Night Sky and Eclipses. The penumbral eclipse will begin at 9:32pm, the partial eclipse will begin at 10:27pm, and the total eclipse will begin at 11:29pm. Click here for more information on the timing of the eclipse.  If you want attend a Planetarium show, please use one of these links to reserve a spot. All three shows will feature the same content. 8:30 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses 9:00 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses 9:30 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses To access the roof, start next to the Planetarium entrance at 5033 Smith Laboratory, 174 West 18th Avenue.  Note that roof access requires climbing two flights of stairs (there is no elevator from the fifth floor to the roof). Arne Slettebak Planetarium, 5033 Smith Laboratory, 174 West 18th Avenue Department of Astronomy astronomy@osu.edu America/New_York public

Come watch the best Total Lunar Eclipse of the year with us from the roof of Smith Laboratory on the Ohio State campus! 

Starting at 8:30pm (about sunset) we will have telescopes on the roof of Smith Laboratory, as well as start the first of three 30-minute Planetarium shows on the Night Sky and Eclipses. The penumbral eclipse will begin at 9:32pm, the partial eclipse will begin at 10:27pm, and the total eclipse will begin at 11:29pm. Click here for more information on the timing of the eclipse. 

If you want attend a Planetarium show, please use one of these links to reserve a spot. All three shows will feature the same content.

8:30 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses

9:00 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses

9:30 Show: Night Sky and Eclipses

To access the roof, start next to the Planetarium entrance at 5033 Smith Laboratory, 174 West 18th Avenue.  Note that roof access requires climbing two flights of stairs (there is no elevator from the fifth floor to the roof).

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