Forget the supermoon: Here’s 10 amazing astronomical sights you can see with the naked eye in October
Last Update: October 7, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Forget the supermoon: Here’s 10 amazing astronomical sights you can see with the naked eye in October
SOURCE: THE MIRROR
There’s a whole month of stargazing ahead of us – and here’s the amazing things you’ll be able to see in October
Last month, stargazers around the globe were awed by a combination of the supermoon and a lunar eclipse .
Despite plenty of Blood Moon prophecies , the world did not come to an end .
Now October is ahead of us and the clocks are moving forward.
And while most of us might not relish the idea of longer nights, it does mean there’s more opportunity for stargazing.
Here’s what October has for us to look forward to:
1. GREEN SUNSET
At this time of year, sunsets can appear particularly reddish. Although light is made up of the entire colour spectrum, our atmosphere absorbs the majority of colours.
Red and yellow are absorbed the least, giving us beautiful red sunsets during this season.
Look closer though, and you can see a rarer sight.
As the sun sets watch its colour, the thick atmosphere absorbs most colours of sunlight, but red is absorbed the least.
It’s rare, but green light can make it through. Look at the top of the sunset, just at its edge as the last sliver of the disc disappears below the horizon to spot the green light.
2. EARTH’S SHADOW:
Watch the horizon carefully just after sunset, turn east, and you’ll see a thin band of shadow move up into the pink sky.
This is called the Earth shadow (or the Belt of Venus) and is caused by the planet itself blocking the sunlight as it dips below the horizon.
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