BBC News and the Washington Post are reporting on predictions of a partial lunar eclipse, expected to occur 10 February. According to BBC News,
The eclipse begins at 22:34 GMT and dimming of the moon will start to become detectable with the naked eye after 23:00.
It is due to peak at 00:44 on Saturday before ending at 02:53.
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková, which appears green, is expected to make its closest approach to the Earth some hours afterward.
further information:
JPL page about Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
(Score: 3, Informative) by kazzie on Friday February 10 2017, @06:19PM
Thanks for the heads up. My wife's off to the opera tonight, so I've told her to take a look on her way home. That's assuming the cloud cover breaks up...
(I'd had a quick browse on the BBC News website before coming here, but hadn't noticed the article over there!)
(Score: 3, Informative) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday February 10 2017, @10:50PM
It's a penumbral only eclipse, so the moon will be a bit dimmed, but if you're not used to looking at it a lot, it's not very noticeable.