A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday for the second time in a solar year.
The first one occurred on June 15, 2011.
This was a relatively rare central lunar eclipse where the centre point of the earth’s shadow passed across the moon. It was visible from all of Asia, Australia and seen as rising over Eastern Europe and setting over northwest North America.
The eclipse was also visible just after sunset in the Philippines and Malaysia. Bangladesh was one of the best locations to observe this eclipse.
The eclipse started at 5:33 and ended at 11:30pm. It was visible from 6:45pm to 10:17pm in Bangladesh, while the total eclipse lasted from 8:06pm to 8:57pm.
The National Museum of Science and Technology, at Agargaon in the city, sat up an observation camp at its Science Museum Observatory for the common people to give them opportunity to watch the eclipse.
The observatory director, Masudur Rahman, told New Age that three telescopes were used to observe the incident while about a hundred people came to the museum.
Anushandhitshu Chakra sat up two observation camps, one at the Dhaka University’s Sharirik Shikkha Kendra’s playground and another at Harun Mollah Eidgah playground at Mirpur.
The organisation member, Ehteshamul Kabir, said six telescopes were available to observe the phenomenon which was open for all and added that hundreds of people came to observe the incident.
The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on December 21, 2010. After Saturday’s eclipse, a total lunar eclipse won’t occur again until April 15, 2014.
-With New Age input
