Celebrate Saturday’s Lunar Eclipse with Slooh’s ‘Breakfast on the Moon’ Show

Slooh will have live views of the Moon and the progressing eclipse starting at 3:00 AM PDT / 6:00 AM EDT / 10:00 UTC – International Times: goo.gl/pfhT1s. This will be quite an early morning for viewers in the Americas and Western Europe, so Slooh encourages early risers to have breakfast on the Moon this April 4th, welcoming in the day with the disappearance (and reappearance) of the Full Moon. This Total Lunar Eclipse broadcast will be manned by Slooh Host, Eric Edelman, and Slooh Astronomers Bob Berman and Will Gater. Use the hashtag #BreakfastEclipse to ask questions for Will, Bob, and Eric to answer live on the air.

This eclipse will be a Pacific Ocean spectacle, with the total eclipse best seen from places such as Eastern Australia, Japan, Hawaii, Northeastern Russia, and Western Alaska, although portions of this eclipse can be seen as far as the U.A.E. and Madagascar to the West of the Pacific Ocean, and Nova Scotia and Western Brazil to the East.

During the eclipse, the Moon will be making its way through the constellation Virgo. Skywatchers should turn their eyes to this constellation to see this spectacle as it occurs. The image attached to this press release provides a view of where the Moon will be at the beginning of the eclipse, as seen from the East Coast of Australia.

Says Slooh Astronomer Will Gater, “Just a few weeks ago we were marveling at the incredible sight of the totally eclipsed Sun on Slooh. Now it’s the Moon’s turn to take centre stage. Total lunar eclipses, like the one we’re looking forward to on 4 April, are a slow, ethereal affair and, as usual, we’ll have cameras around the world bringing us live views. What better way to start the day than tuning in to watch this wonderful event”

The Breakfast Eclipse Broadcast Details:

Start time: Saturday, April 4th, 3:00 AM PDT / 6:00 AM EDT / 10:00 UTC
Link – www.slooh.com
Hashtag – #BreakfastEclipse
Embed – please link back to Slooh.com:
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Images:
images.slooh.com.s3.amazonaws.com/events/2015-04-04_Total_Lunar_Eclipse/Show_Media/Moon.png

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Contact:
Eric Edelman
Tel: +1 877-427-5664 x 707
Email: eric@slooh.com

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Slooh makes astronomy incredibly easy, engaging and affordable for anyone with a desire to see outer space for themselves. Since 2003 Slooh has connected telescopes to the Internet for access by the broader public. Slooh’s automated observatories develop celestial images in real-time for broadcast to the Internet. Slooh’s technology is protected by Patent No.: US 7,194,146 B2 which was awarded in 2006. Slooh members have taken over 2.5m photos/140,000 FITS of over 40,000 celestial objects, participated in numerous discoveries with leading astronomical institutions and made over 2,000 submissions to the Minor Planet Center. Slooh’s flagship observatories are situated on Mt. Teide, in partnership with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), and in Chile, in partnership with the Catholic University. Slooh has also broadcast live celestial events from partner observatories in Arizona, Japan, Hawaii, Cypress, Dubai, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. Slooh’s free live broadcasts of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), comets, transits, eclipses, solar activity etc. feature narration by astronomy experts Bob Berman and Paul Cox and are syndicated to media outlets worldwide. Slooh signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA in March 2014 to “Bring the Universe to Everyone and Help Protect Earth, Too.”

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