Posted on 10/01/2015 1:05:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: This stunning panorama in southern skies was recorded on the colorful night of September 27/28 from Carngegie Las Campanas Observatory. A diffuse glow and dark rifts of the central Milky Way hang over domes of the twin 6.5 meter Magellan telescopes. But most eye-catching is the deep red glow of the Moon. Immersed in Earth's shadow during the much anticipated perigee-total-lunar eclipse, the Moon's surface reflects the light of sunsets and sunrises scattered and refracted into the planet's cone-shaped umbra. Along with the dramatic hue of the eclipsed Moon, other colors of that night captured by the sensitive digital camera include the red and green shades of atmospheric airglow. Viewers can also spot the Andromeda Galaxy below the Moon, seen as a tiny smudge through the reddish airglow and lights along the horizon. The Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, join in at the far left of the full panorama frame.
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[Credit and Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory)]
for later, small:
http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1510/lunareclipse_27Sep_beletsky.jpg
The Big One:
http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1510/lunareclipse_27Sep_beletsky.jpg
Incredible!
Great pic!
I didn’t see it as red; there were thin clouds at my location....
Awe-inspiring.
More of a grey-brown.
Where is this observatory?
Atacama region, northern Chile.
Awesome. God truly is the greatest artist ever.
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