THE CONVERSATION: 'Super blue blood moon’ to grace the sky – here’s what we could learn from it

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    Something unusual will happen on January 31. A total lunar eclipse, which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America, will coincide with a “blue moon” and a “supermoon” in what some are calling a “super blue blood moon”. The event, which for western hemisphere observers happens for the first time in 150 years, will also be the last in a trilogy of supermoons over the past two months. It sounds cool, but how excited should you really be? And is there anything scientists can actually get out of it?

    Period29 Jan 2018

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    • Title‘Super blue blood moon’ to grace the sky – here’s what we could learn from it
      Media name/outletThe Conversation
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date29/01/18
      DescriptionSomething unusual will happen on January 31. A total lunar eclipse, which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America, will coincide with a “blue moon” and a “supermoon” in what some are calling a “super blue blood moon”. The event, which for western hemisphere observers happens for the first time in 150 years, will also be the last in a trilogy of supermoons over the past two months. It sounds cool, but how excited should you really be? And is there anything scientists can actually get out of it?
      URLhttps://theconversation.com/super-blue-blood-moon-to-grace-the-sky-heres-what-we-could-learn-from-it-90779
      PersonsTimothy O'Brien
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    Keywords

    • astronomy
    • the moon
    • blood moon
    • blue moon