the sky & beyond: comet 3/31 to 6/2

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"Not only is the second full moon of a month considered a blue moon, the Jan. 31 supermoon will also feature a total lunar eclipse, with totality visible from eastern Asia across the Pacific to western North America. During the eclipse, the moon will slowly lose its brightness and take on a reddish hue because of the way the atmosphere bends the light, says NASA. As a result, totally eclipsed moons are sometimes also called “blood moons.”

https://qz.com/1168320/how-to-watch-two ... s-january/

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https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-moon- ... -150-years

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On January 31, around midnight, the full moon will not only be super, it will be a blue moon and a blood moon.

The blue moon comes as it will be the second full moon in a month. That happens every two and a half years, hence the saying "once in a blue moon".

But wait, wait – these two celestial events, the blue moon and the super moon, will also coincide with a total lunar eclipse.

And with Earth in between the Sun and the Moon, sunlight has to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, which scatters the green to violet light more than it scatters the red light. So the Moon appears red – a blood moon.

That's three big Moon moments on one glorious night for skywatchers. The best place to see it, according to Space.com, will be in central and eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.

The last time all three events lined up this perfectly was more than 150 years ago. According to the Canon of Lunar Eclipses, the last time humans saw a total eclipse of a blue moon was 31 March 1866.

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count down to the big lunar event!!

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lun ... january-31

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I missed the supermoon rise...I thought it was going to be later, but I did take some photo's , now I am just hoping the sky stays clear and am waiting for the Earth's shadow to start crossing over the moon... I'm setting my alarm to get up at 4:45 am!

How about you!?!

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My lunar eclipse photo's:

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I love the blue one!

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Thank you! It was a surprise one to see it when I viewed my shots. I caught it just before the moon went to full shadow.

The red-orange eclipse color is a different hue then when you take a photo at any other supermoon moon's rising.

[galled]

Must have been some sort of diffraction from the earth's atmosphere. Beautiful! A real blue moon!

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Mars is supposed to be the closest to earth coming up July 30th! I am going to see if I can take some photo's, I hope the sky will be clear...

If any one is In Los Angeles, Griffith Park Observatory is going to have free entry on the July 30th so people can view Mars through the telescopes.

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Lunar Eclipse tonight for those of you not in North America!

"The so-called "blood moon" Friday, when it turns a deep red, will be visible at different times in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America when the sun, Earth and moon line up perfectly, casting Earth's shadow on the moon.

The total eclipse will last 1 hour and 43 minutes, with the entire event lasting closer to four hours.

It is not visible in North America."

[Gingerale]

yup - it was a full moon here but no lunar eclipse.

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Venus and Jupiter are bright as well.

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Another successful launch and landing for SpaceX. I'll post some photo's soon.

Did anyone see it? It was so incredible!

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I saw someone's video and you could hear the bystanders cheering in the background. There were some good shots online too.

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A R.I.P for Halloween...

"The most prolific planet-hunting machine in history has signed off.

NASA's Kepler space telescope, which has discovered 70 percent of the 3,800 confirmed alien worlds to date, has run out of fuel, agency officials announced today (Oct. 30). Kepler can no longer reorient itself to study cosmic objects or beam its data home to Earth, so the legendary instrument's in-space work is done after nearly a decade."

For the rest of the article go to: planet hunting telescope runs out of fuel