Observation of the Lunar Eclipse on the 4th April 2015 from 18h33m to 19h18m at Visakhapatnam Sea Shore and reflections of the Moon light on the Ocean

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Volume 2015, Issue No.4, April 4th

Observation of the Lunar Eclipse on the 4th April 2015 

from  18h33m to 19h18m at Visakhapatnam Sea Shore and reflections of the Moon light on the Ocean      

            

by

Professor Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

(Retd. Prof. of  Physics at SU, Kolhapur)

17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, 

Official Volony, Maharanipeta.P.O.

Visakhapatnam -53002. AP

Mobile:9491902867

ABSTRACT

      The author has remarkably obtained the images of the Moon on the fourth evening of month of April 2015, from about 6h33m to 7h18m PM. Attempt made to capture Moon reflection in the ocean waves that were seen very clearly with the eye observations using the Camera Canon IXUS  130. Temples closed in India from 10AM on the 4th April to next day till 4AM.

       World wide Observations:A highly variable and unique color pattern on the lunar surface, which included shades of deep blood red, rusty orange, pale yellow, grayish blue and white. Collectively, the different colors created a stunning "rainbow" on the moon's surface.

OBSERVATIONS

                 Moon eclipse observed at Visakhapatnam by me on the 4th April from about 6h35m PM to 7h18mPM.

                   Sun images about six are included photographed  in the morning from 10h15m to 01h30m noon.

SUN on 4th April 2015 at 10h15m AM

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 SUN on 4th  April 2015 at 10h15m AM

SUN on 4th  April 2015 at 10h15m AM

SUN on 4th April 2015 at 10h15m AM

SUN on 4th April 2015 at 10h15m AM

                                     SUN on 4th April 2015 about noon 

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Priest Floats on the water at Pitapuram, AP, India

                              At Padaya shrine in Pitapuram, East Godavari District, Priest Yeluru Venkata Kameswara  Sarma 40 yrs old, Pullanka village in Tallarvu mandal, stopped respiration and floated on the waters in Padagaya, holding aloft the National Flag, from 3.45PM to 7PM during the Lunar Eclipse on the 4th April 2015.

     The figures below depict the recorded eclipse of the Moon on 4th April 2015.

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Single spectrum lobe 

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      Attempt made to capture Moon reflection in the ocean waves that were seen very clearly with the naked eye observations. Also the Canon IXUS 130 camera was used to record the photos.

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Spectrum on the right side.

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The eclipsed Moon on the verge

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The spectrum of the Moon recorded on a single lobe.

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 The spectrum of the Moon recorded on a double lobes.

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The spectrum of the Moon recorded on a double lobes.

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The spectrum of the Moon recorded on a single lobe.

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          The eclipse of the Moon has been photographed with Digital Canon 14.6 MP camera from about 6h30m PM evening to 7h18m PM and about 60 photos listed.

From WEB

        The moon passed into the Earth's shadow before early today (April 4), turning most of the lunar surface a deep, blood-red color in a total lunar eclipse that lasted less than 10 minutes at its peak, making it the shortest of its kind this century. A highly variable and unique color pattern on the lunar surface, which included shades of deep blood red, rusty orange, pale yellow, grayish blue and white. Collectively, the different colors created a stunning "rainbow" on the moon's surface, according to some observers. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon is entirely immersed in the Earth shadow, and can take on a dusky "blood red" color due to the scattering of sunlight through the edges of Earth`s atmosphere. People in eastern Australia, New Zealand and Japan viewed the eclipse at night.

         This was the first total lunar eclipse of 2015 and the third in a series of four closely spaced total lunar eclipses, also known as a lunar tetrad. The fourth eclipse of the tetrad will occur on Sept. 28, 2015.

            "Our saints had said that Earth existed 1.96 'arab'(196 crore) years ago. Earlier, science did not accept this but later it had to. What they tell is run by our channels. They should have asked Pundits," he said hailing the ancient Indian contribution to astrology, science and mathematics.

Virgo will be affected the most!

                  This Lunar Eclipse will be in Virgo Zodiac Sign (Kanya) and on Hast Nakshatra so the maximum effect will be on Virgo zodiac. Apart from this due to Lunar Eclipse, the weather will also be affected in coming 30 days. There may be cyclones, tsunamis or high tides, heavy rains etc. It will also be very harmful to crops. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

                The author is grateful to Late Professor K R Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his interest in observations and analysis that inspired the present author to record these observations.