Rising before dawn on May 5th, Stephen Thorley looked out [
http://www.asnsw.co…] across the skyline of Sydney, Australia [
http://www.nla.gov.…]. And while a leisurely lunar eclipse [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was clearly in progress, from his vantage point [
http://science.nasa…04nov_lunareclipse21 05.htm ] on planet Earth the Moon set as the total phase [
http://skyandtelesc…article_1219_1.asp ] of the eclipse began. Still, before the setting Moon was hidden by the cityscape he captured this striking image of a nearly eclipsed lunar disk sliding [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] past the beacon and lights of Centerpoint Tower [
http://nla.gov.au/n…], one of Sydney's familiar landmarks. So what's that star just visible above and to the right of the reddened Moon? That's Zubenelgenubi [
http://www.astro.ui…zubenel.html ], of course.
Explanation
Rising before dawn on May 5th, Stephen Thorley looked out [
http://www.asnsw.co…] across the skyline of Sydney, Australia [
http://www.nla.gov.…]. And while a leisurely lunar eclipse [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was clearly in progress, from his vantage point [
http://science.nasa…04nov_lunareclipse21 05.htm ] on planet Earth the Moon set as the total phase [
http://skyandtelesc…article_1219_1.asp ] of the eclipse began. Still, before the setting Moon was hidden by the cityscape he captured this striking image of a nearly eclipsed lunar disk sliding [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] past the beacon and lights of Centerpoint Tower [
http://nla.gov.au/n…], one of Sydney's familiar landmarks. So what's that star just visible above and to the right of the reddened Moon? That's Zubenelgenubi [
http://www.astro.ui…zubenel.html ], of course.
Explanation
