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Partial lunar eclipse

This composite image captures the partial lunar eclipse over Capo Sant'Elia in Cagliari, Sardinia, creating a striking interplay between celestial mechanics and historical architecture. In the foreground, the illuminated 17th-century Torre di Calamosca stands prominently atop the rugged, dark terrain. Above, the composite exposure traces the eclipse's progression: near the center, a brilliant full moon casts a warm ambient glow, while higher up, a second lunar disk sits deeply shadowed in Earth's umbra. This characteristic coppery red hue occurs due to Rayleigh scattering, as Earth's atmosphere filters out shorter blue wavelengths of light and bends the longer red wavelengths into the umbilical shadow, illuminating the moon alongside a bright sliver of direct, reflected sunlight.

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NGC6894 planetary

NGC 6894 is a Planetary Nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus in the northern hemisphere. NGC 6894 is called NGC 6894 in the New General Catalogue (NGC). This catalogue is a list of deep space objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888 to update John Herschel's earlier work. NGC 6894 is not a Messier Object and doesn't have a Messier Number.

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