ROSSINiLLUMINA » Eclipse https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/ Fri, 31 May 2019 13:53:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.24 What a super-show the super-moon https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/what-a-super-show-the-super-moon/ https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/what-a-super-show-the-super-moon/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:45:15 +0000 http://rossinigroup.it/blog/?p=966 Last March 20 we could admire an exceptional solar eclipse.

In September, in the night between the 27th and the 28th, between 2:10 and the 7:30 (weather permitting), the lucky ones saw a huge moon and a total eclipse. Those who woke up on purpose, certainly didn’t regret it! But why does such an event take place? The former is due to the fact that on that night the moon was at its closest point to Earth and then appeared much larger than usual (we immediately think about the legendary scene in the film “Bruce Almighty”); then there is the total eclipse of the moon, with the sun’s rays that, for reflection, make it appear red. Two shows rare in themselves that become unique if they occur simultaneously. The next similar show? You have to wait for other 20 years, in 2033. It is true that waiting increases the desire…

huffingtonpost.it

]]> https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/what-a-super-show-the-super-moon/feed/ 0 Have you seen the Eclipse? https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/have-you-seen-the-eclipse/ https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/have-you-seen-the-eclipse/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:50:56 +0000 http://rossinigroup.it/blog/?p=573 Astronomical coincidences. For astronomy enthusiasts, March 20, 2015 is a date to remember.
The Eclipse took place the same day as the vernal equinox, which falls this year on March 20, precisely as in 2014 (exactly at 23:45, in our timezone). The next solar eclipse on the same day will fall on March 20, 2034 and then in 2053 and 2072. Every 19 years: why? For a Solar eclipse to take place the New Moon is necessary. And a new moon is seen in the vernal equinox every 19 years. But this happens only for a few consecutive cycles: If you exclude our century, the last time there was a solar eclipse on the day of the equinox it was on March 20, 1662. | andersbknudsen, Flickr | Focus

]]> https://www.rossinigroup.it/blog/en/have-you-seen-the-eclipse/feed/ 0