There will be a total eclipse from about 10 pm to 11 pm Eastern time. The partial eclipse window will be an hour longer on either side. Check out NASA's excellent page on this here.
At 10:30 pm EST the US Navy plans to shoot down that errant satellite over the Pacific ocean. It will be 5:30 pm in Hawaii--what is the significance of shooting it down in the exact middle of the eclipse? It's been interesting to talk about with the kids some of what is involved here.
Another site with info on both events is SpaceWeather.
Wow, American Idol will be on for two hours also. It all makes for an exciting Wednesday night. :)
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We are looking forward to the eclipse tonight as well. I hope we have clear skies.
Kristine...I just want to say that the only reason we remembered to watch the eclipse tonight was because you posted about it today! Thanks!! We had a wonderful evening...and we are only surmising at how the Navy is doing in shooting down that satellite! ~Yvonne
We saw the partial eclipse tonight . It began snowing around 9:45, so the rest of it will be a blur! Up till then we had mostly cloudy skies, but the moon was still visible.
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