The last two weeks in our area have been a series of snowstorms interspersed with cloudy skies. As an ardent amateur astronomer, then, it has not been a busy dark of the moon for me. My
astronomy binoculars and I both cry out for some star time. Worse yet, this weather pattern does not bode well for the upcoming lunar eclipse on the 20th of this month. I love lunar eclipses for the reddish color of the moon during totality which, in a
binocular, is quite stunning. If you are lucky enough to observe the moon during this eclipse, try observing with a
binocular (any binocular, in fact). It's quite a view.