Next Tuesday is one day strongly astronomical. On the one hand, at 20.39 hours in Argentina, the sun reaches its maximum southern declination, kicking off the summer in our hemisphere. From the observational point of view that will translate, among other things, that our star will reach as high as possible in our skies at noon, nearly 80 degrees above the horizon for Buenos Aires and surrounding areas. Almost over our heads, and giving rise to very short shadows. On the other hand, and this is what most concerns us here, there will be a total lunar eclipse. And it will be a few hours before, in full morning of Tuesday, our satellite will sink completely into the huge cone of shadow of the Earth. A play of shadows, lights and colors that we enjoy from all over Argentina (and much of the world). No end to end, because we see the beginning of the eclipse, and much of central stage, but not the end, which runs now with the Moon below our horizon. However, miss the second half of the show will, interestingly, a rare prize: to observe the spectacular setting of the Moon red.
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