The live feed can be accessed by clicking on the planets icon in the Google Earth toolbar to switch to Sky mode. In the layers panel, open the Current Sky Events folder and click on the Slooh Space Camera layer.
Launched in October 2010, the Slooh Space Camera layer in Google Earth is a live astronomy feature that brings the power of live space exploration to Google's global audience. The Slooh layer delivers a live stream of images from Slooh's worldwide network of powerful user-controlled robotic telescopes into Sky in Google Earth. Digital images of celestial objects taken by Slooh members with Slooh's patented instant imaging technology are automatically uploaded to Sky in Google Earth to share with the world.
A lunar eclipse will be visible in its entirety for everyone in North America overnight Monday.
The eclipse will last three hours and 28 minutes.
Viewers in Arizona will be able to view the eclipse from 11:33 p.m. on Dec. 20 until 3:01 a.m. on Dec. 21 (Mountain Time).
Tonight's total lunar eclipse also holds special significance, since this is the first time since 1554 that it coincides with the winter solstice.
Professional stargazer Tony Leconte joins us to describe what is happening in the sky and what you can expect if watching.
The next big event in the sky is a meteor shower on Jan. 3 and 4.
The eclipse begins on Tuesday morning, Dec. 21st, at 1:33 am EST (Monday, Dec. 20th, at 10:33 pm PST). At that time, Earth's shadow will appear as a dark-red bite at the edge of the lunar disk. It takes about an hour for the "bite" to expand and swallow the entire Moon. Totality commences at 02:41 am EST (11:41 pm PST) and lasts for 72 minutes.
If you're planning to dash out for only one quick look - it is December, after all - choose this moment: 03:17 am EST (17 minutes past midnight PST). That's when the Moon will be in deepest shadow, displaying the most fantastic shades of coppery red.
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