Meet Space Bar Africa, a Lagos company that wants to take Nigerians to space
Space Bar Africa is a space observatory that allows you to have a closer view of the moon, stars and other objects in space with a telescope.
The moon and the stars used to be far out of reach and sight for humans for so long but with the invention of new technologies that has changed. Although experts say looking at the sky during an eclipse can burn your retina, these days they are tools that allow you to gaze at the lunar eclipse safely.
I witnessed one of such tools during the event of a partial lunar eclipse on October 28, 2023 that was visible to people in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. At about 9 pm that night, I and a few skygazers and space enthusiasts were huddled together on a rooftop in the Ojodu axis area in Lagos to observe this cosmic event in a gathering organized by Space Bar Africa.
A partial lunar eclipse is when part of the Moon enters Earth’s shadow and this makes the Earth’s shadow appear uniquely dark on the side of the Moon facing Earth, Damilola Obiokeke, the fo…
