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New Delhi, July 28: Tens of thousands of Skywatchers across the country were sitting watching the longest "blood moon" on Friday night, but many in the North were disappointed because they could not enjoy the astronomical pleasure of a thick cloud cover.
People were on the roads or on their rooftops and terraces to watch the moon turn red – the longest celestial event of the 21st century that lasted about two hours.
In Delhi, some 2,000 astronomers were at the Nehru Planetarium to witness the total lunar eclipse. But they came back disappointed because the monsoon clouds spoiled the show, with Delhi like many other parts of northern India, missing their rendezvous with the "blushing" bride – the moon that became red
direct sunlight reaching the moon. But the indirect light of the sun is refracted by the earth's atmosphere. Only the refracted red light, with a longer wavelength, travels the distance and pbades to the moon and the other colors are filtered.
People in other parts of the country enjoyed the celestial event once in a century.
Hundreds of people came to the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in the Bangalore Technology Center on Friday night to watch the show in a hazy sky as the red moon played hide and seek.
"About 3,000 visitors, including accompanied students, visited the planetarium between 11:54 pm and 4:58 am to observe the longest lunar eclipse through a telescope," said Pramod G. Galgali Planetarium Director at IANS
.
The thick clouds of the monsoon over the city, however, limited a clear vision of the eclipse, disappointing many photography enthusiasts
"There was ky for about 45 minutes during the summer. eclipse when observers of the sky could see the phenomenon, "Galgali said.
The eclipse began at 10.44 pm Friday night ending at 4.58 pm Saturday. The period when the moon was completely in the shadow of the earth, known as the "totality," lasted about an hour and 43 minutes.
In the town hall of the city, about two kilometers from the planetarium, about 100 men including rationalists, lawyers, doctors, students and academics, gathered to celebrate this historic event in the festivities, parties and parties.
Many, especially Hindus, finished their dinner early at 8 pm Friday and ate nothing until the end of the eclipse. They took a bath before resuming their Saturday day to wash what they consider to be the perverse effects of eclipse.
On the contrary, many people consume food and cut cakes to prove that nothing will happen if we eat during the eclipse. – mocking the superstitious beliefs and blind beliefs of astrologers.
As many lunar eclipses are considered harmful, many temples were closed early Friday evening.
In Tamil Nadu, a large number of people saw the captivating lunar eclipse at B.M. Birla Planetarium who had made special arrangements with high-tech telescopes.
In the case of some people, whose birth star coincided with the eclipse, were performing special poojas in temples to stave off the ill effects of the [Skyviewerseclipse
to Calcutta and in most other areas of West Bengal. "Nothing was visible from Calcutta, I tried to see it from my home in Salt Lake, on the northeastern edge of Kolkata, but the sky was absolutely overcast." Debiprosad Duari, Director of Research and Academic, MP Birla Institute of Fundamental Research and MP Birla Planetarium, told IANS
that a large number of skygazer clubs in the city had arranged for public viewing of the longest total lunar eclipse in 1965, Shibraj Dutta, a dentist based in the city of Midnapore – West Midapore District Headquarters – had been standing up late with his own eyes only to be heartbroken.
"There was only darkness because of the cloud, I waited a long time, and then retired to my bed," he said.
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