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                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                           professional astronomer.

                                2019 January 22
                                      [2]
                    Lunar Eclipse over Cologne Cathedral
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Junius [3]

Explanation: Why would a bright full Moon suddenly become dark? Because it
entered [4]  the shadow of the Earth [5] . That's what happened Sunday night
[6]  as the Moon underwent a total lunar eclipse [7] . Dubbed by some as a
Super [8] (because the Moon was angularly larger than usual, at least
slightly) Blood [9] (because the scattering of sunlight through the Earth's
atmosphere makes an eclipsed Moon appeared unusually red) Wolf [10] (because
January full moons are sometimes called Wolf Moons from the legend [11]  that
wolves like to howl at the moon) Moon Eclipse, the shadowy spectacle [12]  was
visible from the half of the Earth [13] then facing the Moon [14] , and was
captured in numerous spectacular photographs [15] . Featured, a notable image
sequence was captured over the Cologne Cathedral [16] , a UNESCO World
Heritage Site [17] , in Cologne [18] , Germany [19] . The lunar eclipse [20]
sequence was composed from [21]  68 different exposures captured over three
hours during freezing temperatures -- and later digitally combined and edited
to remove a cyclist and a pedestrian. The next total lunar eclipse will occur
[22]  in 2021.

              Gallery: Sunday Night's Total Lunar Eclipse [23]
                        Tomorrow's picture: icy orion

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