Lunar Eclipse Observing Mary Blessing 19 Nov 2021Lunar Eclipse Bill Burton 19 Nov 2021Late Thursday night or actually the early morning hours of Friday 19 Nov 2021 the lunar eclipse was observed by more than 50 spectators at Turner Farm Observatory Park in Great Falls, VA.  In fact, more than 300 people have visited Observatory Park and the Roll-Top Observatory in the month of November.  They have come to see the skies in a relatively dark environment and listen to presentations on celestial wonders (through the Fairfax Co. Parktakes series of educational activities). 

In the early morning hours Mary Blessing took a photo of the telescopes and observers outside the Roll-Top Observatory, saying "Fun but cold!".  She and others used there cell phones to capture the lunar eclipse through their telescopes.  At home Bill Burton took the included photo using his iPhone and an 8-inch Newtonian telescope.  This photo made it into the Washington Post.