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Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain), EFE

The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, with a total of 102 minutes, can be observed this Friday, July 27 and the Instituto de Estudios. Canary Astrophysics (IAC, in the Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic) will broadcast live from Namibia through the channel sky-live.tv.

The live broadcast of this total lunar eclipse will be realized with the collaboration of the European project STARS4ALL and HESS High Energy Observatory IAC informed today by means of a

Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth's satellite pbades through the shadow of the Earth, which does not happen every month because the orbit of the Moon is inclined to that of the Earth-Sun (ecliptic).

Unlike solar eclipses, moles are visible from anywhere in the world, once the moon is above the horizon at the time of the eclipse, explained L & rsquo; Astrophysical Institute of the Canary Islands. this year, there will be a total lunar eclipse 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, which will be the longest XX century I have started at 7:30 pm and the moon will begin to eclipse (entry into the # 39; shadow of the Earth) at 18:24

Can be observed since South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania and during all this time it will be possible to verify that the Moon does not disappear from sight but acquires a reddish hue.

The Earth's atmosphere, which extends about 80 kilometers beyond the diameter of our planet, acts as a lens that deflects sunlight while effectively filtering its blue components red light that will be reflected by the satellite.

Thus, the Moon acquires the characteristic coppery glow, adds the IAC. After two years without total eclipse of Luna in Europe on July 27, it will be possible to see the Red Moon, and it will be necessary to wait another six months to repeat the experiment, in January 2019, said Miquel Serra-Ricart in the communicated. , astronomer of the IAC. He added that in the live show that will be made from Namibia, the darkness produced by the eclipse will reveal objects only visible from the southern sky, such as the Magellanic Clouds.