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above, from Sky News, the videodrill dell 'eclissi
Genoa – The notte between Friday, July 27 and Saturday, 28 will be known as "the night in red", the richest of astronomical events of the year: the Moon and Mars climbed arm in arm, both "dressed" in red (photo)
The Luna for the longest total eclipse of the century (photo)
one hour and 43 minutes; March because he approached the Earth as he had never done for 15 years, showing more than usual, in the order of 10%, for the so-called "great opposition" of 2018. In practice, the Planet Rosso, who in recent hours has spoken of himself for the Italian discovery of his first lake of liquid water is going to be in the position exactly opposite to the Sun in relation to the Earth and July 31 will be at the minimum distance of our planet, equal to 57.6 million kilometers
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Tonight, meanwhile, the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon ] and projects a shadow cone on the satellite: the total phase of the eclipse, in which the Moon is completely immersed in the shadow, is between 21:30 and 23:13 (photo)
conspicuous throughout Italy and with the "peak" at 22.22 (photo)
then "decreasing" until midnight.
Delirium of Central Liguria
In Liguria, especially in the cities of Genoa and Savona, the show was partially ruined by the combined effect of the clouds and the mist that obscured the eclipse: despite this, in the capital there were many people who went down to the streets to see the "red moon" (photo)
. Situation, better, obviously on the heights and far from inhabited centers, as for example in the park Antola.
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For the occasion, the Ministry of Culture, the Colosseum Archaeological Park and the Virtual Telescope Project ] led by the astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, organized in Rome a special evening in a unique natural scene in the world: the ruins of the Palatine Hill, near the temple of Venus and Rome; From 21 to midnight, possible observation of the Moon and Mars dressed in "red" in the sky above the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine.
But to take advantage of this view, there were many initiatives organized throughout Italy by the National Institute of Astrophysics (19459021) Inaf which opened the doors of some of its observers, and the Italian Union of Astronomers (Uai), who have made their amateur telescopes available to all enthusiasts.
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