Tuesday's total lunar eclipse will be the last of its kind until 2025.
While most parts of Australia will have a clear view of eclipse totality, our neighbours across the ditch will have the most spectacular full show.because for them, they don’t worry about the moonrise issue," Dr Hill says.
"You don’t need any equipment. It’s one of these events where it’s actually better to just sit back and watch the grandeur of the sky," Dr Hill says. "It will still only look like a star because it's millions of kilometres away but if you centre your binoculars on the Moon, one of the bright stars in the upper right will be Uranus."
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