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Heppenheim / Offenbach (dpa) – The longest lunar eclipse of the century, Mars particularly large and narrow – and a very hot summer night:
At temperatures of up to 30 degrees, countless people in Germany watched the extremely rare sight of the sky at the naked eye, binoculars or telescope on Friday night. Many observatories, planetariums, astronomical associations and research institutes invite to watch the drama.
The total lunar eclipse of about 103 minutes was followed by a particularly bright and large Mars. A similar position on Mars was last seen 15 years ago. "For people who are currently living, it's a unique event," said Sven Melchert, director of Sternfreunde in Heppenheim.
To the north, west and south, the sight of the two glowing celestial bodies was quite good in many places. The German Meteorological Service has reported isolated clouds for these areas. Less fortunate had distant parts of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. There, many watched storm clouds instead of a starry sky. Over Berlin, clouds were hanging. Always on the edge of the Alps, the spectacle of the sky was not everywhere.
Hundreds of people persecuted him on the beach of Norderney, on the North Sea. "Hundreds of people" also counted Stefan Krause of the Bonn Public Observatory while observing on the old customs of the Rhine bank. "It's nice and it's the weekend," he said. In addition, the lunar eclipse can be seen in an evening and not in the night hours. Rust-red is the moon, described Krause.
A lunar eclipse occurs only at the full moon – when the sun, the earth, and the moon are lined up. The moon is completely immersed in the shadows that the sunlit earth throws into space. An astronaut Alexander Gerst who is currently on the ISS space station, saw him particularly well. The ISS was also visible in the sky for a short time next to the moon and Mars.
In the evening, Gerst tweeted a photo on the Twitter short message service and wrote, "Just a photo of the #Mond Eclipse made by the International Space Station." atmosphere just before the moon is "submerged".
Mars is considered a red planet anyway. But why does the moon shine red? The short wave blue light waves of the sun's rays are according to experts completely dispersed in the Earth's atmosphere. On the other hand, the long wave red light is broken and directed towards the moon.
A lot of social media engaged in the show of heaven. "I think the idea is kind of beautiful as the whole world looks to the moon today," wrote Twitter . In Aachen, the moon was spotted at 22:32, was a tweet from North Rhine-Westphalia. On the other hand, it was probably Hamburg: "Where is Erdtrabant now? Nothing to see in Hamburg".
Many commented on the clouds in the sky with ironic slogans: "A show of the highest order that I can experience this time." So many dark clouds are not often seen in the sky. "Or:" Clouds, please, leave quickly, I do not want to wait another 105,000 years for this event. "
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