Astronauts comment on the light surrounding the black shape of Moon during orbital eclipse: "We can see stars & planets behind it…the Earthshine is very distinct, & creates quitevisual illusion
by Neaterntal
Astronauts comment on the light surrounding the black shape of Moon during orbital eclipse: "We can see stars & planets behind it…the Earthshine is very distinct, & creates quitevisual illusion
by Neaterntal
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They also confirmed that dot on the left is Venus.
The astronauts are also talking about seeing meteors impacting the moon with impact flashes and plumes of dust being kicked up.
The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse.
We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes.
That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.
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