<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/observatory-opens-total-lunar-eclipse-0.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>03/07/2025</pubDate><title>Observatory Opens for Total Lunar Eclipse</title><excerpt>The Westmont Observatory opens for the viewing of a rare lunar event beginning Thursday, March 13, at 10 p.m. and lasting until Friday, March 14, at 1 a.m. The powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on a total lunar eclipse, which will be visible throughout North American and in some locations in South American. The last total lunar eclipse in the U.S. was November 2022.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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