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This time-lapse photo shows the moon that pbades through the Earth's shadow that's going on. student next to Amman in Jordan.
Credit: Zaid Abbadi
On Friday (July 27), the moon became blood-red as it crossed the Earth's shadow. Meanwhile, the red planet has made its most amazing appearance in 15 years when it has reached opposition, shining in the sky next to the "blood moon".
When Mars is in opposition, the planet is at the opposite of the Earth. sun, with the Earth in the middle, and the three objects form a straight line in the space. Mars shines at its strongest during the opposition because more sun is reflected on its surface and towards the Earth than at any other point in its orbit around the sun. This time, the opposition of Mars coincides with perihelion, when it is closest to the sun. This so-called "perihelian opposition" has given spectacular views of the red planet this weekend.
While Mars has caught everyone's attention in the night sky in recent days, the red planet had a celestial competition on Friday. the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century stole the show. Visible from most of the world – with the exception of North America and Central America, where the moon was below the horizon – the moon pbaded 1 hour and 43 minutes to cross the dark shadow of the Earth. [Amazing Photos: The ‘Blood Moon’ Eclipse and Mars Opposition of July 27, 2018]
Although the lunar eclipse may not have been visible to everyone, the observers of the sky from all over the world have had The opportunity to admire at least one of the red heavenly images in the sky. Friday. Space.com readers who had the chance to see them both sent beautiful photos to Space.com
Amirreza Kamkar, an astrophotographer in Tehran, Iran, caught Mars snuggling near the eclipsed moon next door of the starry nucleus of the Milky Way. "This place has a rather dark sky, and [the] Milky Way was easily visible during all," Kamkar told Space.com. "The Mars planet at its peak in 15 years was another attraction in the sky, just below the eclipsed moon."