Last night, a large gathering of families, fans, students, and tourists observed, with enthusiasm and curiosity, in different areas of the country, the total eclipse that stained the Moon reddish, the last astronomical event of its kind with optimal observation from the Hemisphere. South for the rest of the year.
The highest visibility occurred in the provinces of La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Jujuy, Salta, Tierra del Fuego and in the west of Santiago del Estero and east of San Juan.
Entire families, tourists and fans gathered at night in the city of Ushuaia, province of Tierra del Fuego, to observe the total lunar eclipse from the shore of the Beagle Channel, and in front of the illuminated sign with the name of the Fuegian capital.
Although a few hours before the sky was cloudy, which meant poor visibility, after 11 p.m. the conditions improved and the eclipse could be seen almost in its entirety, only with some interruptions due to passing clouds.
Entire families, with young children and in some cases even with pets, mostly came to the telescope owned by Bryant González, the Venezuelan backpacker, amateur astronomer and science communicator, who came to Ushuaia to observe the lunar eclipse and acted as guide for the most inexperienced.
“I have never seen an eclipse so clear in Ushuaia, and so closely. It is a sensational experience,” said one of the women, fascinated by the spectacle.
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Meanwhile, in the City of Buenos Aires, hundreds of people came to Centennial Park and the Galileo Galilei Planetarium to enjoy the eclipse, which for long moments was overshadowed by heavy cloud cover that invaded the sky.
The line to enter the Planetarium and see the eclipse with a telescope extended for three blocks, with people of all ages and different areas of the city, who were there even since Sunday afternoon.
The mate and the coffee were the drinks that helped the visitors to cope with the cold Palermo night.
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Astronomer Jorge Coghlan explained to chain 3 The Moon enters the shadow cast by planet Earth.
As the sun is covered, he explained, colder waves of the light spectrum arrive, which are red, orange and yellowish, which will dye the Moon.
Lunar eclipse (Photo: File).
consulted by TelamGabriel Brichetto Orquera, a physics graduate and teacher at the Parque Centenario Friends of Astronomy Association, explained that “since the Sun is larger than the Earth, it cannot completely block light projections and that is why it is not that we stop seeing her.”
“The light that reaches the Moon does so with an analogous phenomenon of refraction in the atmosphere, which causes a reddish color to be projected,” he said. And he detailed: “The same thing happens with the Sun during sunrise or sunset and, therefore, we see it reddish or orange.”
It is for this phenomenon that the total lunar eclipse is popularly known as “Blood Moon” and the last astronomical event of this type that occurred on May 26, 2021 was called “Supermoon”, because, in addition, the natural satellite was closer to Earth.
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