2021-05-11 03:05:38 GMT2021-05-11 11:05:38(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SYDNEY, May 11 (Xinhua) People in Australia s largest city of Sydney will be literally over the moon at several astronomy events to be held on May 26.
The city s selenophiles (refers to those who love the moon) who peer into the night skies from about 6:30 p.m. local time will see the moon gradually go dimmer and turn red. By about 9:30 p.m., it will be blood-red.
The supermoon is part of a phenomenon to do with a total lunar eclipse which is when light refracted onto the moon by the Earth s atmosphere transforms the moon s color into a deep red.
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The satellites are part of a plan to deliver internet to remote communities, and the company plans to launch thousands more in the coming decade.
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Stars, galaxies, dust clouds and Uranus: take a tour of the January night sky
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The belt of Orion aka The Saucepan dominates the northern sky in summer.
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January is the month to go star-hopping to see how many constellations you can spot.
You might also see a galaxy if you ve headed bush for the holidays and the skies are clear.
And, if you ve packed some binoculars, a camera or a telescope, you can see stunning dust clouds, star clusters and distant planets too.
It s a bumper of a month, according to amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave.