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What is a penombral eclipse of the Moon?

Title

Moon eclipse

Credits

Reuters

Type

Popularisation of Science

Author

Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC

Web

https://www.cope.es/programas/la-tarde/audios/tarde-10-01-2020-1700-1800-horas-…

Date

01/10/2020

Language

The researcher talks to the radio show "La Tarde" in Cadena COPE about the different types of lunar eclipses, and the meaning of the penombral ones, in the frame of the first penombral lunar eclipse of 2020.

About the author

Josep Manel Carrasco is a researcher of the Gaia group at the ICCUB, where he works with the photometric and spectrometric calibration of the mission's data, evaluating the state of the satellite and creating the data catalog in the CU9 coordination unit. Creator of the Miralcel dissemination project, he is a regular collaborator of the La República Santboiana program on Radio Sant Boi. He recently published the book "Cosmos: A Quick Immersion" in Tibidabo Ediciones.

Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC

The ICCUB researcher talks about "Art and Astronomy" on the radio program La República Santboiana of Ràdio Sant Boi.

The astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco talks about the representation of astronomy in art, especifically in paintings, throughout history in the radio program "La República Santboiana" of Ràdio Sant Boi.

Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC

12/03/2020

Gaia, the Galaxy in your hands

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia satellite is revolutionizing the astronomy, providing unprecedented clues

Several

Place

Youtube

Talks

Open to all

08/27/2020

First calibrated XP spectra

Source

Agència Espacial Europea (ESA)

Language

Gaia has proven to be a powerful tool providing very precise astrometry and photometry in the first releases of the mission (see Gaia DR2 and Gaia DR1). The third release and beyond (find here the current release scenario planning) will include some calibrated spectrophotometric data.