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Monday, June 27, 2011

Longest, darkest total lunar eclipse of century today

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 New Delhi, June 14 (PTI): The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the

century will occur tomorrow, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an
opportunity to witness the event. An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon
immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur
tomorrow, Nehru Planetarium director N Rathnasree said. “The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes.


 The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000,” she said.  The next such eclipse will only take
place in 2141. The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. While the partial eclipse will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST. The eclipse will be visible completely in Africa and Central Asia.

It will be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and
seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia, CB Devgun from Science
Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) said.



New Delhi, June 15 (PTI) The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur today, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event.

An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur today, Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said.

“The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000,” she said.

The next such eclipse will only take place in 2141.

The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. While the partial eclipse will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST.

The eclipse will be visible completely in Africa and Central Asia. It will be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia, C B Devgun from Science Popularization Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) said.

The magnitude of the one of the relatively rare total lunar eclipse will be 1.70 magnitude, N Sri Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India said.

The next lunar eclipse to be viewed in India will be in December this year.

Also, a star named 51 Ophiuchi will be occulted during the eclipse.

Sky enthusiasts can witness the whole sequence of the occultation in the zodiacal constellation of Ophiuchus.

At 11:29 PM today, the Moon will occult (hide) behind the star 51 Ophiuchi. The star will reappear after 90 minutes at 01:01 AM of June 16.
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