to bed too early tonight.

Chicago, get your binoculars out because scientific magic rises in the sky tonight.

>> As a lunar blood moon eclipse will begin to be visible.

And joining us with everything we need to know is our friend Joel Guzman, founder and CEO Chicago Astronomer and NASA ambassador.

So nice to have you back.

It's always lovely when you're here in the studio with us.

And I, you know, less than you were here, we talked about all strong Nicole event happening this year.

But tonight we are talking about a total lunar eclipse.

Remind us what that showing.

A lot of pleasure.

It is to once again.

A lunar eclipse is when things get in the way of other things.

In this case, the earth is getting in the way of the sunlight the morning.

>> And semi wear event and we only get to a year.

And so let's enjoy this one because we are perfectly suited in the Americas to you.

This event to 92 a year that just every issue and they're different phases of this eclipse.

Tell us what those are and what we can observe.

And each of them only in what this starts at 12 midnight tonight, 11.

57, 12 o'clock.

So we have to stay out.

Its warts say it's worth staying it it is.

And it will last for 5 hours to 5 in the morning.

The meat of the eclipse.

The sweet spot is 02:00AM.

And that's what you want to watch.

Hear that the beginning, the moon will slowly, Jim hit the meet sweet spot and then slowly come back to its normal, a looming nation.

And try to learn the terminology have been learning because of you know what I what time does the totality reach its peak o'clock.

2 o'clock.

2 o'clock in the morning for those who have early morning Now you'll start to see the Earth's shadow.

Take a bite out of the moon.

About one 30 2 o'clock so sweet spot to 30.

It's about over and then for geeks.

Like me were up to 5 o'clock.

are you staying up the whole time?

I'm gonna try to my garage or I mean your wife is here.

She's staying up where she going to be she's going to >> This is Joe's is just a show tomorrow.

She'll hear about it.

I love that.

Now the total number of solar and lunar eclipse are similar, but lunar eclipses are most commonly observed.

Why is that?

>> Well, because the moon's the Earth's shadow course the entire moon, whereas on the solar eclipse because a tiny spot because the moon this much, much smaller than endure it and arcs of tiny area that it passes over the earth wherever it may be.

Usually a santeria, gruesome, some place that.

not going to go.

We're not going >> Now the phase Bilodeau cases.

Interesting blood war Moon has been floating around to describe the eclipse.

What's the meaning behind that?

Well, it's the color of the moon that.

Apparently changes.

It doesn't change calling reality.

It's the atmosphere of the earth that we franks to light.

>> From the sun and blocking out the blue wavelengths and the red light wavelengths pass through because what we there on screen, it looks red.

That's that's the Wings of the allowed to pass through the atmosphere.

Now, if there is a volcano or forest fire, it will deepen and color get more of a blood So interesting.

So many different things that we do know now.

Our last lunar, total lunar eclipse was back in November 2022, the next one is set for March of 2026, why are they so widely spread out its these of the planets?

The the orbit of the the tilts 5 degrees up 5 degrees down.

It's got to be right in that sweet spot.

Scope mean that line.

And if it isn't that we're not going to either loved one or a solar eclipse.

I love that binoculars.

This is something that you need Okay.

So they can.

I event.

You can watch it safely.

It's not like a solar eclipse.

special glasses.

>> Well, you can bring your family out a little kids in watch just for the 5 hours.

>> But a pair of binoculars will enhance hands.

They experience as you're connecting more intimately and a telescope.

Of course, we'll always improve that.

The V on his a team of Tell us do you do?

Want a lot of money that 3 well, you differently at the enhancements really help the situation now want to talk about the Blue Ghost.

There's also a lunar lander and the moon not called Blue.

Goes have no idea what that is.

can you explain what that is intended to do.

This is a payload lander from the Firefly Aerospace company to private commercial company.

The first time he has ever done this in history space exploration.

Enhanced 10 experiments going on right now, expanding its drilling.

It's and it's looking it's doing a whole bunch of in.

There all were keen.

I'm very impressed by this machine and it's a private endeavor sub country by NASA.

And would you say they the findings will look like for the predictions say what are you hoping that the last astronaut on the moon was Gene Cernan.

He reported that lunar soil was levitating.

And not due to electromagnetic a influences on the surface.

issues going to explore that and look at the sunrise coming over moon.

Take some photos, videos on that and measure what's going on?

Do you love that?

There's just more enthusiasm and passion for exploring the space.

We are in the golden age of space exploration right now with the technology we have space to risk going into space as well.

Yeah, this is a fantastic to be alive and to look at this and to look and I and again, you just have to look up, just have to look all Stephen Hadley and you're not observer.

You're a participant.

Your part of the universe.

And so you're looking at yourself when you're looking up into space.

I love that.

if you've noticed, but I am a little pride in And I was reading that I don't know.

This is a myth or but can pregnant women look up at an eclipse?

Yes, they Its foreclosure and the idea behind it was that the light from the sun is being interfered with by the blockages of the Earth.

And it may hindered the development the baby, our ancestors.

sticks used to wear a coat on this little All right.

Underwear and on the and though it's not so much vogue now, but they wear red wristbands.

too, noticed while I was how they're still the superstitions inmates when there's any type of light eclipse.

that's always interesting what other events are happening and the sky this year.

This is the only lunar eclipse of the year.

So let's get out and enjoy it.

But there's meador showers as planetary conjunctions and there's the glory of the universe's with telescopes.

Make it.

love talking about this forever.

Uni's I level thank you so much for breaking