The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment: Blood Supermoon Eclipse on Sunday! (not actually gross)

Super Blood Moon eclipse on night of September 27-28

http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-hunters-moon-september-27-28-2015

Blood Moon is sometimes used to describe a Total Lunar Eclipse. When the Earth casts its shadow on a Full Moon and eclipses it, the Moon may get a red glow.

It is the harvest moon for North America, so we must sing:

LEON REDBONE - SHINE ON HARVEST MOON 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUW0uAwDyw 

 

The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment: The Night Sky for September 2015

Sounds gross, but fascinating.

Super Blood Moon eclipse on night of September 27-28

http://earthsky.org/?p=51212

Just for fun-- 

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE 

September 2015 guide to the five visible planets

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury 

Hey! Look, there's Mars! Hello, Curiosity, hello!