Eclipse of the Moon June 16 More Spectacular

This year there will be two times the total lunar eclipse can be seen in Indonesia, namely on 16 June and 10 December 2011. At that time, the moon will come up with new colors and experience the eclipse process is quite long. "It's spectacular to behold," said Director of Bosscha Observatory, Lembang, West Java, Judge L. Sit.
Total lunar eclipse will occur on June 16 in the morning and can be seen from all regions in Indonesia. In western Indonesia, the eclipse will start at 1:25 until 5:04 pm. "The moon will begin at 2:25 and the total closed at 3:14 pm", he said.

The judge said the eclipse process is quite long or longer than usual because the total lunar eclipse occurs until the early hours before dawn. He also advised Muslims to perform their prayers before dawn eclipse. "Usually the eclipse of the moon at night, this time in the morning" he said.

Natural phenomenon that will be broadcast live over the Internet by Bosscha Observatory with nets and the government observing the new moon which will test the new streaming. This cooperation, said the judge, involving observatorim in Yogyakarta, Aceh, Pakanbaru, Lapan in Pameungpeuk, and Mataram. "Recorded with binoculars, then broadcast on the Internet," he said.

By the first of Ramadan or fasting, the moment of eclipse will also be used to test reckoning calculations. As for astronomers, a total lunar eclipse can be used to see the cleanliness or dirtiness atmosphere.

When the eclipse of the moon, said the judge, the sun still can break through the cracks of the earth's atmosphere to reach the moon. Consequently in the sky, the moon does not look lost or like a black full-time total solar eclipse. "The moonlight dimmed only just, redness. That would be a gross measure our atmosphere, "he said.

The impact of this total eclipse of the moon to the earth at sea tides. According to Hakim, the eclipse can also be witnessed by residents of other countries around Indonesia to Micronesia and India.

The second total lunar eclipse this year will occur on December 10, 2011. In contrast to the eclipse of 16 June, at the end of the eclipse will appear before midnight. The timing, said the judge, began at 19:46 pm. The total eclipse occurred at 21:04 and finish 23:17.