VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of young people on the evening of April 4 carried telescopes to gather in front of the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi to watch the full lunar eclipse. In the central city of Da Nang, young people gathered at the East Sea Park but they could not observe the phenomenon because of cloud cover.
From 5pm, many young people were present in front of My Dinh Stadium to await the full lunar eclipse.
Most of them are members of the Hanoi Amateur Astronomical Society. They brought many telescopes, mostly homemade, to the site.
Some professional astronomers also selected the front yard of My Dinh square to observe the total eclipse. Phan Thanh Hien, 29, from the Space Sciences and Applications Faculty of the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, with his telescope.
Some members of the Hanoi Amateur Astronomy Society had modern astronomical telescopes.
At 6.30pm, the sun was about to set, the eyes focused on the viewfinder, waiting for the appearance of the moon.
At 6.55pm, close to the time when the moon was obscured completely, all eyes pointed to the sky, or peered into the viewfinder. However, due to smoky haze, no one could see the moon. The moment called “Blood Moon” at 7pm passed to the regret of the young people.
The moon appeared again at nearly 8pm. The moon rose highly from the horizon so it was less obscured by dust.
In Da Nang, members of the Da Nang Astronomy Club gathered at the East Sea Park.
The weather in Da Nang was not very favorable.
The partial eclipse was recorded by a member of the Da Nang Astronomy Club at 7.35pm. As the number of binoculars and telescopes was small, young people had to queue to see the “blood moon”. At 9pm, there was little rain, and clouds covered the moon.
The moon in Hanoi at 8.25pm.
At 9pm, the lunar eclipse ends.
VNE