THE RED BLOOD MOON THIS FRIDAYThis Friday is going to be a great day and night because of how the moon is aligned with Earth and the Sun which will eventually turn into a red blood moon this Friday. BUT as always when any sort of eclipse or blood moon arrises there are a tone of people who predict the End Of The World, gladly the top scientist say there is nothing to worry about.
PLANET MARS GETS CLOSE TO EARTHAt nights if you stay up long enough you can actually see planet Mars from the naked eye in the sky and you will know it is Mars because the star is orange and throughout this week everyone gets to see the red planet get close to our blue planet. This happens every 15 years and planet Mars will reach it's closest either on Thursday or Friday.
Here is each stage of the red planet that currently has been covered in a large dust storm that has covererd the entire planet:
Monday, July 23The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower continues to ramp up this week. Although the shower won’t peak until the end of July, you should see some of its meteors in the hours before dawn. The best time to look this morning is between 2:30 and 4 a.m. local daylight time, in the 90-minute window between moonset and the beginning of twilight. Unfortunately, the Moon will show a waning gibbous phase at the shower’s peak the night of July 29/30. To tell a Southern Delta Aquariid meteor from a random dust particle burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, trace the streak of light’s path backward. A shower meteor will appear to originate from the constellation Aquarius the Water-bearer.
Tuesday, July 24The waxing gibbous Moon passes just 2° north of Saturn tonight, helping point the way to the magnificent ringed planet. The two are on display nearly all night among the background stars of northern Sagittarius, hanging in the southeastern sky as darkness falls and climbing high in the south by 11 p.m. local daylight time. The pair will look nice with the naked eye or binoculars, but telescope users will want to target the magnitude 0.2 planet on another night this week when the Moon isn’t so close. Saturn reached its peak a month ago, when it appeared opposite the Sun in the sky, and our view of the ringed planet remains spectacular. A telescope reveals the world’s 18"-diameter disk surrounded by a dramatic ring system that spans 41" and tilts 26° to our line of sight.
Wednesday, July 25Venus dominates the western sky after sunset. The dazzling object shines at magnitude –4.3 among the background stars of southern Leo. The planet appears 11° high an hour after sundown and sets shortly after 10 p.m. local daylight time. When viewed through a telescope, Venus appears 19" across and 60 percent lit.
Thursday, July 26Mars lies opposite the Sun in our sky tonight as it reaches peak visibility for 2018. The Red Planet appears low in the southeast as darkness falls and grows more prominent as the evening wears on and it climbs higher. By 1 a.m. local daylight time, it stands about 25° high in the south against the backdrop of stars in southwestern Capricornus. The world shines at magnitude –2.8, brighter than it has been in 15 years. When viewed through a telescope, the planet’s ocher-colored disk spans 24.2", though you likely won’t see much surface detail because a global dust storm continues to choke the martian atmosphere. The Red Planet will come closest to Earth in four days, when its disk will appear 0.1" larger than it does tonight.
Friday, July 27Full Moon arrives at 4:20 p.m. EDT, and it dominates the sky all night. Our satellite appears Full when it lies opposite the Sun in our sky, just as Mars did yesterday, so you might expect the two to appear close to each other. You’d be right: The Full Moon lies 7° north of the Red Planet. Skywatchers in the Eastern Hemisphere get a bonus tonight as the Moon plunges through Earth’s shadow. Observers across most of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia will see a total lunar eclipse. Totality runs from 19h30m to 21h13m UT (that’s before dawn on the 28th for people in eastern Asia and Australia). The 103 minutes of totality make this the longest lunar eclipse since 2000.
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