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lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

occurred on December 8, 1573. It was predicted and then observed by a young Tycho Brahe (assisted by his sister

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) at Knutstorp Castle. He said "I cannot but be very surprised that even at this youthful age of 26 years, I was able to get such accurate results." File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1573Dec08.png, alt=Globe showing visibility, It was visible across all of Africa, Europe, and Asia and most of

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. File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1573Dec08.png, alt=Diagram of eclipse, The moon passed west to east through the center of the earth's umbral shadow causing a very dark red eclipse File:Tycho Lunar Eclipse.jpg, alt=Tycho Brahe's diagram, Diagram of the appearance of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's ''De nova stella'' File:Tycho Eclipse Diagram.jpg, alt=Tycho Brahe's diagram, Diagram of the solar system at the time of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's ''De nova stella''

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Curriculum vitae of Tycho Brahe
''Tycho observes a lunar eclipse together with his 17-year-old sister Sophie. From the observation he finds the perigee of the Sun.''
Sophie Brahe, 1556-1643

NASA graphics
1573-12 1573 1573 in science {{lunar-eclipse-stub

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