Virginia Tech Astronomy Club wakes up early to see lunar eclipse

BLACKSBURG, Va. -

Some students got up pretty early on a school day to see the lunar eclipse.

About 20 students, most members of the Astronomy Club of Virginia Tech, gathered at the Price's Fork observatory in Blacksburg for a clear view of the early morning sky.

It was the first visible total lunar eclipse for the area in several years.

We've had an unusual void of lunar eclipses since December 2010 we haven't had a total lunar eclipse since then until this April and we were clouded out this April as well. So, for a lot of people this was really the first opportunity for them to see a total lunar eclipse from Virginia since December 2010, said Virginia Tech Astronomy Club President Nick Anderson.

The next total lunar eclipse will be in April of next year.

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Virginia Tech Astronomy Club wakes up early to see lunar eclipse

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