Posted on 06/17/2011 2:57:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: On June 15, the totally eclipsed Moon was very dark, with the Moon itself positioned on the sky toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. This simple panorama captures totality from northern Iran in 8 consecutive exposures each 40 seconds long. In the evocative scene, the dark of the eclipsed Moon competes with the Milky Way's faint glow. The tantalizing red lunar disk lies just above the bowl of the dark Pipe Nebula, to the right of the glowing Lagoon and Trifid nebulae and the central Milky Way dust clouds. At the far right, the wide field is anchored by yellow Antares and the colorful clouds of Rho Ophiuchi. To identify other sights of the central Milky Way just slide your cursor over the image. The total phase of this first lunar eclipse of 2011 lasted an impressive 100 minutes. Parts of the eclipse were visible from most of planet Earth, with notable exceptions of North and Central America.
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[Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)]
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Great website...I have had it as my homepage for years.
On another note, many of us up here in Boston were certain the Bruins would win the Stanley Cup, because the last time many of us remember a lunar eclipse, it was the night the Red Sox won in 2004...:)
Nice, Civ. You just keep improving things all the time. I should have mentioned it yesterday that you’ve added the links from NASA to the OP.
BTW, the regular link, apod.nasa.gov, is working on my computer again, but of course, the IP link works too. Do not ask me why, but there were upgrades from HP and Windows, so that must have fixed it(??).
I just can’t thank you enough.
Good One!
Great pic, (as usual), you do a good job posting them.
Thanks
One of the reasons I enjoyed my years at sea was the night sky. I always tried to take the twelve to four watch. No light pollution and thousands of bright and colorful stars were visible, the Milky Way a bright band of stars.
One of the reasons I enjoyed my years at sea was the night sky. I always tried to take the twelve to four watch. No light pollution and thousands of bright and colorful stars were visible, the Milky Way a bright band of stars.
Hmm Tigers took the lead in the central division yesterday too.
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