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English: A total lunar eclipse transformed the sky on the evening of 15 May 2022 and photographers at NOIRLab facilities in Arizona and Chile took advantage of clear skies to capture the event. This week’s Image of the Week shows the eclipse as seen from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, near La Serena, Chile. The crimson Moon shines above the Milky Way in the center left of the image. At the bottom of the image are the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (center) and Curtis Schmidt Telescope (left). In the southern hemisphere, the eclipse appeared extraordinarily dark as a result of the ash from the 2021 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption. In the northern hemisphere, the lunar eclipse was captured in this close-up image taken from the Visitor Center at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), also a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, near Tucson, Arizona. You can read more about how a lunar eclipse happens in this recent Image of the Week. The eclipse was the longest total lunar eclipse visible from the Americas since 1989. It also coincided with a “supermoon”, which occurs when the Moon is at its nearest point to Earth.
Español: Un eclipse lunar total transformó el cielo la noche del 15 de mayo de 2022 y los fotógrafos de las instalaciones de NOIRLab en Arizona y Chile aprovecharon los cielos despejados para capturar el evento.
La Imagen de la Semana muestra el eclipse visto desde el Observatorio Cerro Tololo (CTIO), un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF, cerca de La Serena, Chile. Al centro izquierdo de la imagen, la Luna carmesí brilla sobre la Vía Láctea, y en la parte inferior, se encuentra el Telescopio de 4 metros Víctor M. Blanco (al centro) y el Telescopio Curtis Schmidt (a la izquierda). En el hemisferio sur, el eclipse apareció extraordinariamente oscuro como resultado de la ceniza de la erupción volcánica Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai de 2021. En el hemisferio norte, el eclipse lunar fue capturado en este primer plano tomado desde el Centro de Visitas en el Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak (KPNO), también un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF, cerca de Tucson, Arizona. Puede leer más sobre cómo ocurre un eclipse lunar en esta reciente Imagen de la Semana. Este espectáculo fue el eclipse lunar total más largo visible desde el continente Americano desde 1989. También coincidió con una ”superluna”, que ocurre cuando la Luna está en su punto más cercano a la Tierra. |
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| Author | CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Munizaga |
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| current | 18:14, 22 June 2023 | | 4,096 × 4,096 (3.44 MB) | C messier | full size |
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