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Star gazers catch glimpse of year's last lunar
eclipse
Saturday December 10, 2011 11:38:36 PM,
IANS
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 Total lunar eclipse Dec 10
Sky gazers are
all set to witness a celestial event involving the Moon, the Earth
and the Sun as the second total lunar eclipse of the year is
scheduled to occur Dec 10, said an official of M.P. Birla
Planetarium here Tuesday. » |
New Delhi: Star gazers
of the capital pointed their telescopes towards the moon as it
turned crimson, marking the beginning of the last and the longest
total lunar eclipse of the year Saturday night.
To catch the glimpse of the celestial event, several lunar watches
were organised across the city.
The nearly six-hour eclipse started around 5.04 p.m.
SPACE, an NGO for promotion of astronomy amongst school-goers, set
up two telescopes for observation and several telephoto cameras
for photography at India Gate.
Akshay, an engineering student and volunteer for SPACE, said: "We
have several school kids and they are very excited. Even parents
want several turns at the telescopes."
Karan, 14, was happy to explain how and why a lunar eclipse takes
place.
His mother, accompanying him, said she was observing a fast due to
the eclipse. "I am surely not eating food. It's bad to eat food
during eclipse," his mother told IANS.
Another watch was organised by the Amateur Astronomers Association
Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.
According to Dheeraj Kumar from the planetarium, the event was a
good draw. "Almost 500 people had gathered," he said.
"The total eclipse can take place only on a full moon night when
the earth comes directly between the sun and moon, covering the
moon. And blocking the light completely," he said.
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