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Today will be the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century: it will last about 1 hour and 42 minutes, according to specialists. The phenomenon will not be appreciated on this continent, but in Europe, Asia, Australia and more fully in Southern Africa.
The eclipse, which will take place at 13:00, Venezuela time, will be by the alignment of the satellites and the planets and the Earth will stand between the Sun and the Moon, unlike the 39, solar eclipse in which the Moon interposes between the Sun and our planet.
During the event, the moon will be tinged with a reddish hue, when it is in the earth's cone of shadow, its only brilliance will come from the bouncing sunlight of our globe, but mainly of the red color of this illumination.
"The Earth will filter the illumination of the Sun towards the Moon, it will end in a copper-red color, but it will not disappear," said Venezuelan researcher Marcos Peñaloza-Murillo, retired professor in the Department of Physics of the Earth. Faculty of Sciences of the University of the Andes, associate researcher at the University of the Andes. the team studying the phenomenon at University Williams College, Massachusetts, United States
Peñaloza-Murillo coordinates the team composed of American students Chirstian Lockwood and Ross Yu, who are dedicated to l & # 39; 39, observation of this eclipse and the following will happen on January 21, 2019, which can be enjoyed throughout the Americas. The expert explained that another part of the group is in South Africa to record it directly, from one of the points where it will be best appreciated. The Venezuelan, who works since 1998 with this type of events, will be responsible for the analysis and interpretation of the collected data.
The occasion will also be ideal for observing Mars in a brilliant and resplendent state, as it is the case now, noted the researcher. Although unfortunately this planet is currently going through a dust storm that disappears from the visual ray.
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