Tuesday night, students and community members gathered on the rooftop of Neckers for an astronomy event hosted by SIU’s School of Physics. The event featured a partial lunar eclipse, providing attendees the opportunity to see the moon and planets like Saturn through high-powered telescopes.

Stargazers were treated to a double dose of lunar spectacles in the night sky Tuesday. A partial lunar eclipse coincided with a supermoon, when the full moon made its closest approach to Earth during its elliptical orbit.

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