Astronomy is looking up
I suppose everyone knows what a blue moon is - well that is when there are two fulls moons in a calander month, the second one is termed 'a blue moon'
Much rarer is a blood moon which many people alive today have never seen. That is until 28th August 2007.
The eastern states are in a box seat so to speak to see a rare full 'blood moon' on 28th August where the moon will appear a vibrant red as Earth's shadow passes over it.
Nick Lomb, curator of astronomy at Sydney Observatory, said lunar eclipses occured about twice a year, but the chance to see one in its entirety from the eastern states was really quite rare.
On the 28th the moon will rise in the east at about 5.22pm and at 6.51 the eclipse will begin with the Earth's shadow starting to block light travelling from the sun to the moon's surface.
The moon which will have red wavelengths from Earth's atmosphere scattered across its surface, will be fully eclipsed from 7.52pm until 9.23pm.
Just thought you would like to know...