By AL MITTERLING (EDITOR’S NOTE: Al Mitterling, Warsaw, is a long time astronomer from the area.) Today July 14 at 7:49 a.m., marked a great day in space exploration with the arrival of the New Horizons Probe to Pluto. It has been 85 years since Clyde Tombaugh made the discovery of this object that was …read more.

Reader AL Mitterling sent us this photo of the “blood moon” taken south of Warsaw at 3:04 a.m., just two minutes before totality. Mitterling shot the photo with his Canon Rebel digital camera using a telephoto lens.(Photo provided by AL Mitterling) For those who missed this morning’s total lunar eclipse (see related) due to cloud …read more.