see! As the IDES in March approaches, see the shadow of the earth overturns the moon!
Or in other ways Total achievement It starts in the early morning morning of March 13 and March 14. This is one of my favorite astronomical events. Unlike the fast and potentially dangerous sun opponents, Moon Eclipse is slow, magnificent, at night, and no special equipment or optical aid. This is easy and fun to see. You can see the progress from the outside every 15 minutes to see the progress, and you will not miss anything.
The entire eclipse is essentially found in all North America and most South America..
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Eclipse’s various stages of timing are shown below, but to understand Those, First, we need to understand how all this develops.
The moon orbits the earth every 27 days. The stage we see it (crescent, half, etc.) depends on the angle between the sun, the moon, and the earth. When the moon is new between the earth and the sun, we look at the harmonious class, so it looks black. When we are on the other side of the sun of the sky, we are full of fully illuminated half. The other steps occur between these two shapes, so you can see a variety of quantities that turn on the surface of the moon. Despite the general misunderstandingThe shadow of the earth is not related to the stage.
But that’s why there is a solar eclipse! The shadow of the earth falls in the direction far from the sun, so the moon should be the opposite of the sun of the sky. This means that the moon Eclipse can do it. only It occurs in the full moon. When the moon orbits the earth, it moves to the shadow of the earth to create a stages of solar eclipse.
The easiest way to understand how solar eclipse works is to imagine the earth and the sun as if you were in the moon. From this point of view (by chance, the two moon landers are set to see this eclipse, as if our Earth seems to move slowly in front of the sun, at first, you saw the earth’s barely blocking our stars, but the amount of light hitting you is not much lower, but over time the earth prevents more and more sun and falls. You are on the shadow of the earth, but you can still see some of the sun saturated shadow. We call this part of the shadow called a penium bra.
After about an hour, you can see the earth completely block the sun. You are at the deepest part of the shadow called umbra, which is dark around you. Eventually, the earth leaves the face of the sun. You leave Umbra and go back.
What does this look like on Earth? After all, I think this is where you will be watching this event! If you don’t have Moon Eclipse, you can see the shadow of the earth when you look at the sky on the other side of the sun. But if you are I could do it If you look at the shadow, it will look like two concentric circles in the sky. The big one is the other side, and the small one is Umbra. It becomes technically dark when the moon starts to move with ugly, but it is hard to say at first. Dimming becomes more clear when the moon is much deeper.
Then the front edge of the moon (the side of the direction of the movement is somewhat in the east of the sky) becomes dark as if it touches the edge of the Umbra. When the moon moves deeper with Umbra, dark spots grow into arcs containing more and more lunar surfaces. After all, it covers more than half of the moon’s Earth. The face becomes as dark as possible. The eclipse is total. In this “whole” era, the moon is so dark that it can be difficult to find in the sky.
Astronomers divide solar eclipse into several stages. The first contact is when the moon’s fleet moves to ugly. The second contact is when the tip enters UMBRA. This is also the beginning of the part of the Eclipse when the shadows of the earth falling in the moon become clear. The third contact is when the whole occurs. The fourth contact is when the cutting edge is easy to see again from the Umbra, and the fifth contact is when the whole moon is completely left out of UMBRA. The sixth contact is when the moon leaves the ugly painting and the solar eclipse is officially over.
The whole sun was blocked in the moon. This generally creates an amazing and eerie phenomenon on Earth. Instead of displaying a dark and dull lunar disk, the moon’s face will bleed instead. This occurs as a result of the same optical physics that causes rose sunrise and sunset. Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue, but delivers red light, and it turns red as more air intervenes as when the sun is low on the horizon. During the lunar calendar Eclipse, the earth is backlight by the sun. every The sunlight falling on the moon surface passes through the thickest part of the atmosphere and shines the moon red. It’s pretty cool if you’re a little embarrassed.
Since the moon is in the space and passes through the shadow at a certain time, the timing of all contacts is the same for everyone in the observatory. The only difference is time -to -time. The time for all contacts in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is as follows.:
First contact: 11:57 pm
Second Contact: 1:09 AM (Partial Start)
The third contact: 2:26 am (starting)
Fourth Contact: 3:32 AM (General End)
Fifth Contact: 4:48 AM (Partial End)
Sixth Contact: 6 am
As you can seeEach part takes more than an hour, so the whole solar eclipse develops all night. If you are on the west coast, it starts three hours early on the clock, so it’s a little easier. If you want to see everything on the east coast, you may want to take a nap in the afternoon.
But it will be worth it! It is amazing to see the moon that swallows slowly with shadows, and the complete red cast is amazing. I like to use binoculars to get a better vision, but I don’t need optical auxiliary tools to watch.
And you don’t know: During the total achievement in January 2019, a small asteroid hit the moon, Making a flash that many people watching through the telescope witnessed Live streaming event! Of course, this is unlikely to happen again, but it was a great additional bonus for those who are lucky enough to see it.
Either way, this solar eclipse is worth staying to set up a late night wake -up alarm. This is the only lunar eclipse in North America this year. Otherwise, you should wait until 2026 when there are two things. March 3 And partial solar eclipse August 28th. Perhaps it is the last chance for a year. If the sky is clear and there is time, look at it!
