July will have the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century

By EFE

July 21, 2018- 10:25

The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, with a total of 102 minutes, can be observed on July 27 and the Institute Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC, in the Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic) will transmit it live from Namibia through the channel sky-live.tv.

The live broadcast of this total Luna eclipse will be realized with the collaboration of the STARS4ALL European project and the HESS High Energy Observatory, the IAC informed today by means of a press release [19659004LunareclipsesoccurwhentheEarth'ssatellitepbadesthroughtheEarth'sshadowwhichdoesnothappeneverymonthbecausetheMoon'sorbitisslantedrelativetothatoftheEarth'slunareclipsesEarth-Sun(ecliptic)

Unlike solar eclipses, moles are visible from anywhere in the world once the moon is above the horizon at that time. from the eclipse, explained the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands

On July 27 of this year there will be a total eclipse of the Moon with the maximum centered in the Indian Ocean, according to data provided by NASA.

The entire phase of the eclipse will last 1 hour and 42 minutes, with what will be the longest of the 21st century, began at 19:30 GMT and the Moon will begin to eclipse (entering the shadow from the Earth) at 18:24 GMT.

We will observe from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and all the while, we can see that the Moon does not does not disappear but acquires a reddish hue.

The earth's atmosphere extends about 80 kilometers from the diameter of our planet, it acts as a lens that diverts sunlight.

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At the same time, he effectively filters out his blue components and lets only the red light. reflected by the satellite. Thus, the Moon acquires characteristic copper luster, adds the IAC.

After two years without total eclipses of the Moon in Europe on July 27, the Red Moon can be seen again, and another six months will have to be expected. to repeat the experiment, in January 2019, comments in the statement Miquel Serra-Ricart, astronomer of the IAC

He added that in the life of Namibia the darkness produced by the l 39; eclipse will reveal only visible objects of the southern sky, like the clouds of Magellan.

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