Selenelion, Syzygy, Celestial Geometry on Wednesday
Are you ready for the total eclipse of the moon along with the rising sun? This so-called selenelion is supposedly impossible according to celestial geometry. But nope, this syzygy where the sun and the moon are perfectly aligned 180-degrees apart is happening.
When all of this is happening, I have no clue – Tuesday night/Wednesday morning or Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Can someone let me know in plain English and what time is this visible in HST?
Here’s my picture of the Blood Moon in April 2014.
Update: Here’s the Hawaii-centric information from the Star Advertiser.
Update 2: If you’re going to take pictures of the lunar eclipse, here’s an article that gives you camera settings to start off with.
Partial Total Lunar Eclipse | Pulpconnection
October 8, 2014 @ 9:05 pm
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