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July 28, 2018 07:28:21
Australians looking at the sky early this morning have seen the moon turn red in the middle of the longest lunar eclipse of this century.
The total eclipse lasted one hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, although a partial eclipse preceded and followed, meaning that the Moon spent a total of three hours and 54 seconds. minutes in the shady shadow of the Earth, according to NASA.
Andrew Jacob, curator at the Sydney Observatory, said that hundreds of people had paid to observe the event since the observatory.
"Our event is complete," he said yesterday.
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The Australians saw this morning the moon turn red. (Twitter: Scott Penny)
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the shadow of the Earth moves on the moon, blocking the sunlight.
Andrew Fabian, professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge, explains how The moon took the color red
"It's what is called a moon of blood because the sunlight flows through the Earth's atmosphere towards the moon, and the Earth's atmosphere turns red as the sun goes down red, he says.
Meanwhile, Mars is currently traveling closer to Earth than since 2003, so some overnight observers could have seen what looked like a red-orange star, but was actually red.
Robert Mbadey, deputy executive director of the Royal Astronomical Society, said that it was a "very unusual coincidence to have a total lunar eclipse and march to the opposition the same evening".
Although the lunar eclipse of this morning was
The longest eclipse of the 20th century fell on July 16, 2000. It lasted one hour, 46 minutes and 24 seconds
The next eclipse that will last as long will take place on June 9, 2123, but it will not be visible from Australia.
This eclipse will be visible from Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, much of Asia and Australia
ABC / Reuters
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the moon,
astronomy, space,
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Australia
Published
July 28, 2018 07:12:17
