View of the super blood moon in Asuncion, on May 24, 2021. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP)
Stargazers across the Pacific Rim can cast their eyes skyward on Wednesday night and behold a “Super Blood Moon”, as the heavens align to bring a rare celestial twin treat. x
The first total lunar eclipse in two years is happening at the same time as the moon is closest to Earth, in what astronomers say will be a once-in-a-decade show.
If the skies are clear, anyone living between Australia and the central United States will be able to see an enormous, bright, orangey-red moon.
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James Packerâs Crown Sydney will fund a 360-degree visitor experience at Sydney Observatory under a $600,000 agreement that has ended five years of negotiations over the impact of the casino tower on the night sky.
The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences received half the sum it originally requested of Crown to improve exhibition space and programs and create an immersive simulation of dark skies over Observatory Hill before it was hemmed in by the city.
View of the Crown Hotel from Sydney Observatory.
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Misdirected and powerful lighting from the CBD has long been stealing the sight of distant stars from Sydneyâs oldest built observatory but multiple high-rise developments at Barangaroo represent new light sources.
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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