At around 1.10am on Monday 28 September an event that happens only once every 30 years takes place.
A lunar eclipse: the moon is at it’s closest to the Earth, and it’ll turn the colour red.
Salford’s Chasely Road Observatory is opening it’s telescope to the night skies to capture the event.
Beacuse light is scattered in the Earth’s atmosphere, the the moon turns a deep red in this rare eclipse.
When to see it? The moon starts to enter the Earth’s shadow at 1.10am on Monday morning.
The moon will be in total shadow from 3.10am to 4.25am, tapering off until 6.24am.
Viewers on a clear night should be able to see a large red moon hanging over the skyline.
It’s the last supermoon over Salford that can be viewed from the UK until 2019.
Salford’s own observatory is open to stargazers from midnight at Chaseley Fields, Chaseley road, Salford M6 7DZ.
