Eclipse won't keep you up - San Jose Mercury News: "'You don't have to stay up until dawn or anything obnoxious like that,' explained David Morrison, interim director of the Lunar Science Institute at the NASA/Ames Research Center.
The best part of the show - when the moon is entirely in the Earth's shadow - will last nearly an hour, from 7:01 to 7:51 p.m. It's early enough for the children in the house to go out and take a look.
'Anyone can afford it - all you need is your eyes - and anyone can see it,' said Andrew Fraknoi, chairman of the astronomy program at Foothill College.
And, experts say, this is one that shouldn't be missed.
'A really good opportunity like this only comes along once a decade,' Morrison said."
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