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Astro Bob's Backyard Astronomy
After a little break (of 25 years or so) Bob King is celebrating his retirement with a return to The North 103.3's airwaves!After almost 40 years with the Duluth News Tribune, Bob is now retired. But scratch a print guy and you'll find a radio guy; King and then-UMD Planetarium Director Glen Langhorst hosted Startalk on KUMD for several years in the early '90s.Listen for Astro Bob every other Tuesday at 8am on Northland Morning.

Astro Bob's Backyard Astronomy: "throw on a bathrobe, go out and look up"

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published November 16, 2021 at 1:12 PM CST
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Bob King. Used with permission.

"When the moon's nice and high in the southwestern sky, it's an eclipse ....."

Bob King's handy guide to Friday night's lunar eclipse
Bob King. Used with permission.

The directions for viewing Friday's almost-total lunar eclipse are pretty simple: get up at 3am, go outside and look up.

The instructions for photographing it, on the other hand, are a little more complex, but luckily, photographer Bob King's got you covered there, as well.

Eclipse photo guide
Bob King. Used with permission.

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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson has been a broadcast journalist for 41 years ... and a radio announcer for a teensy bit longer.
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