There will be a lunar eclipse Saturday morning, but you'll have to get up very early to see it and a sighting will be weather permitting.
The Prince George Astronomical Society is recommending two locations to get a glimpse - just behind the Art Knapps nursery on Highway 16 West and the Reid Lake Community Hall off Chief Lake Road.
Here is the timeline of events:
3:33 a.m. - the full moon will be high in the western sky as it touches the earth's penumbra shadow
4:45 a.m. - the moon touches the earth's umbra shadow, and starts to take a bite of out the moon from the left.
6:06 a.m. - the moon is within completely the earth's umbra shadow and totality begins.
6:31 a.m. - the moon is at the deepest part of the shadow and will become a copper to crimson red, depending on how much dust there is the Earth's atmosphere, for about 51 minutes.
6:57 a.m. - the moon starts to exit the earth's umbra shadow and totality ends. The bite gets smaller, to the right.
The moon should continue to be copper and red as it approaches the horizon and the sky brightens.
7:30 a.m. - the moon sets over the west-northwest horizon.
8:17 a.m. - the moon exits the earth's shadow, under the local horizon.
8:30 a.m. - breakfast at the Bon Voyage restaurant.
The most exiting time to watch is between 4:45 a.m. to 6:57 a.m. The umbra eclipse happens fast, and with a telescope you can see the diffuse shadow move across the face.
