Saturday, July 28, 2018

Lunar Eclipse and sky observation silmulators

Yesterday night there was a lunar eclipse. Yes I stayed without sleeping to see that.Bad luck, dark clouds made me cry.

At last I was download stellarium software and watch eclipse without any trouble.

Image result for stellarium


Its an open source sky observation tool. There is a portable version also available. 

Mars also became brighter than before

When fully covered


this is how its started

This is how its ended.

At 3.33 am in Sri Lankan time there was a shadow still there in the corner. According to wikipedia  this eclipse was the longest total lunar eclipse in the 21 century.6:13:48 hours in total.




There is a another software starry night. Its not for free. But the quality is better than stellarium. 


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