Skywatchers will have an astronomical triple threat (full moon, lunar eclipse, and a comet) to observe this Friday night, 10 February 2017.
"Snow" Moon
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The full moon this Friday night will be the "snow" moon.
Penumbral Eclipse
On average 35% of all eclipses are penumbral eclipses.
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According to NASA the exact time of the eclipse by time zone is 7:43pm ET, 6:43pm CT, 5:43pm MT, and 4:43pm PT.
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Comet 45P
Well after the lunar eclipse a comet, Comet 4P, makes its closest approach to the Earth, it will be just a mere 7.4 million miles away from our planet.
Technically it will be visible early Saturday morning around 3am. If you are using a telescope or binoculars, you should look for a bright blue-green comet.
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Sources and Full Articles
Triple treat: Eclipse, comet, full moon all coming Friday night, USA Today, 7 February 2017
Thanks for the information.
Do you know whether the lunar eclipse will result in a so called "blood moon?"
I actually got out of bed to observe one last time, and I would gladly do it again.
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I do not think it will result in a "blood moon".
Here is a link to the 2017 Full Moons
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Threat or treat? I'm not much of an astronomer, but I like to see some of these events. The skies are fairly dark around us, so you can actually see the stars
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Threat or treat? I guess that depends on your perspective. One could take the signs in the sky this Friday night as an ominous sign Or just enjoy the spectacle in the sky. I will choose to enjoy the the sights.
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I don't know how bright will be the sky on Friday, but I hope to see the eclipse on Friday. For the comet, I am not sure to last that late... ;)
@grandpere: if we are lucky we could see it... ;)
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I think I will be able to see the full moon and eclipse before I go to bed and see the comet when I go to work at 3am Saturday morning. Of course it all depends whether there are clouds or not.
Steem on,
Mike
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Ooooh! I'm still getting used to the constellations now that I live in Florida. I think I can see Hercules. Maybe - just maybe I'll be able to see the comet...as long as we don't have overcast skies -- which has been my curse for every cool cosmic event since I've moved here! grrrrr....
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The forecast for Friday night going into Saturday has cloudy skies in my area too. While I should be able to see the full moon and lunar eclipse, I do not think I will see the comet. :(
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