The second full lunar eclipse of 2014 will take place early Wednesday morning and for those living in parts of the world where it won't be visible; thanks to technology the celestial event will be broadcast online in real time and made accessible to all.

Slooh.com invites stargazers worldwide to watch the eclipse in a free, real-time broadcast on its website. Slooh's feed of the celestial event will go live at 2:00 a.m. PST on Oct. 8 and will offer coverage from multiple vantage points, including from North America, Australia and more.

"This eclipse will be difficult to view for most of the planet as it mainly takes place over the Pacific Ocean," Slooh said on its website. "As such, the eclipse will only be visible in its entirety from parts of eastern Australia, New Zealand, eastern Asia, most of Japan, Hawaiian Islands, and the western part of North America."

"But fear not -- Slooh will have strategic sites in those locations allowing the world to view the eclipse live."

Another option is to join NASA experts on Wednesday, when they host a web chat slated to begin at 3:00 a.m. EST and continuing on through sunrise. NASA will offer live viewing access to the eclipse via UStream, when it becomes visible at approximately 4:00 a.m. EST via UStream. You can watch that live coverage in real time on the UStream website or in the screen below, which will go active when the eclipse takes place.



According to NASA's website, the organization's very own experts will make themselves available to answer all viewer questions through the early morning hours of Oct. 8, as the event takes place.

NASA will also host a live Reddit "Ask Me Anything" on Tuesday Oct. 7 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST in anticipation of Wednesday's eclipse.

Space.com reports that for those living on the east coast of the United States, the "total" phase of the lunar eclipse, known as "totality," will begin at 6:25 a.m. EST. It's noted that those on the west coast of the country will reportedly have a better chance at seeing the vibrant reddish glow of the moon during totality.

According to Space.com experts, the precise timing of Wednesday's eclipse will take place between 3:25 a.m. PST and 4:24 a.m. PST.

"It promises to be a stunning sight, even from the most light-polluted cities," NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak said in a statement. "I encourage everyone, especially families with curious children, to go out and enjoy the event."

This week's eclipse is the second of its kind in what's known as a total lunar eclipse tetrad. A tetrad is a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, the first of which went down earlier this year in April. The next in the series is slated to occur on Apr. 4, 2015 and the final of the four is on the calendar for Sept. 28, 2015.

Total lunar eclipses are also known as "blood moons" because of the copper hue that the moon takes on when the eclipse takes place.

During one of these eclipses the moon passes into the Earth's shadow, causing the planet to darken the "face" of the moon. The "blood moon" term came to be because when the Earth eclipses the moon, instead of making it go completely dark the lunar orb "shines with a rosy hue" due to it reflecting light from the sun coming through the Earth's atmosphere, NASA experts explain.

USA Today reports that unlike the special precautions taken during a solar eclipse, viewers won't need "special glasses or gizmos" to view the upcoming lunar event and can feel free to stare directly at the moon as the eclipse occurs. It should be noted, however, that binoculars or a telescope will undoubtedly improve the view.

Happy skywatching, readers!

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