Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2019 January 24
LunarEclipse over Cologne Cathedral
ImageCredit & Copyright: Martin Junius
Explanation:Why would a bright full Moon suddenly become dark? Because it entered theshadow of the Earth. That's what happened Sunday night as the Moon underwent atotal lunar eclipse. Dubbed by some as a Super (because the Moon was angularlylarger than usual, at least slightly) Blood (because the scattering of sunlightthrough the Earth's atmosphere makes an eclipsed Moon appeared unusually red)Wolf (because January full moons are sometimes called Wolf Moons from the legendthat wolves like to howl at the moon) Moon Eclipse, the shadowy spectacle wasvisible from the half of the Earth then facing the Moon, and was captured innumerous spectacular photographs. Featured, a notable image sequence wascaptured over the Cologne Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Cologne,Germany. The lunar eclipse sequence was composed from 68 different exposurescaptured over three hours during freezing temperatures -- and later digitallycombined and edited to remove a cyclist and a pedestrian. The next total lunareclipse will occur in 2021.
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