Bengaluru shuns sleep to watch the total lunar eclipse

The total lunar eclipse charmed city's astronomers, stargazers alike as many tried to catch a glimpse of this rare occurrence on Friday night. Not just them, excited about sighting this rare occurrence, Bengalureans shunned sleep and geared up to watch the eclipse with telescopes and other gears. However, because of the cloudy weather, many were left disappointed as they could not view the complete eclipse. Luckily, people spotted the blood-red moon in Mysuru. According to NASA, the total eclipse lasted for 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds.The fullest eclipse was visible from Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia and Australia though clouds blocked out the moon in some places.BOXA total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon line up perfectly, casting Earth's shadow on the moon.