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On Monday, people from the Czech Republic will see a partial lunar eclipse, which will occur early in the morning

The moon will be very low over the horizon, the best view of the phenomenon will be from the hills or mountains, he said web Martin Gembec from the Czech Astronomical Society (ČAS) and the planetarium of the Liberec Science Center iQLandia.

According to him, a partial lunar eclipse will start shortly before half past four in the morning, but people from the Czech Republic will only see it for less than an hour. After five o’clock, the moon sets. Cloudless weather and a good view of the southwestern horizon will be needed for the success of the observation. Gembec also advises people to use small binoculars.

Most of the phenomenon in the Czech-Slovak territory will be made by the West Bohemians, to whom the eclipsed full moon will fall over the horizon just before the beginning of the total eclipse.

Petr Horálek, astronomer from the Institute of Physics in Opava.

The full moon enters the earth’s shadow at 3:32:07 CEST. “At that moment, even if we were already awake, we would not notice anything with our eyes. Only after a quarter to five will the upper left of the Moon seem a bit ‘smoky’, “said Gembec.

The Moon will enter the full earth shadow at 4:27:53 CEST. “It will look black to the eye, but in a photo with a longer exposure time, we would find that its center is red and the edge is gray-blue to gray. This is due to the refraction of the Sun’s light in the Earth’s atmosphere. The light refracts both in the higher layers with ozone, which is the source of the bluish edge of the shadow, and in the denser ones, through which only red light passes and the other colors are scattered, “explained Gembec.

He noted that in good weather, observations for the public will be prepared, for example, at the observatories in Žebrák, Turnov or Ondřejov. According to him, the planetarium in iQLandia will try to arrange an online transmission. A total eclipse will start shortly before half past five and will no longer be visible from the Czech Republic.

“The West Bohemians will have the most out of the phenomenon in the Czech-Slovak territory, to whom the eclipsed full moon will fall beyond the horizon just before the beginning of the total eclipse,” he pointed out. web astronomer Petr Horálek from the Institute of Physics in Opava.

“Within Europe, they will see a phase of total eclipse in the still dark skies of western France, Spain, Portugal or the associated Atlantic islands, such as the Azores and the Canary Islands. It will be observable in full beauty, especially from the American continent, “said Horálek.

According to Gembec, the next lunar eclipse will occur on October 28, 2023 and will be partial. A total lunar eclipse will be visible from the Czech Republic on September 7, 2025.

If people get up on Monday due to a partial lunar eclipse, the morning sky will also offer them a planetary parade visible to the naked eye. “We can find planets above the east to the southeast. The lowest in the east will be Venus, but it will appear the brightest. To her right, Jupiter will also be fairly clear. Further south will be the weaker Mars and the closest to the south will be the equally weak Saturn, “added Gembec.

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