APOD: 2022 November 11 - Blood Moon, Ice Giant

Good Red Friday and Veterans Day morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the November 11th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Blood Moon, Ice Giant." Lunar occultations (when the Moon passes between an observation point and a more distant object) occur frequently, but not during a total lunar eclipse. And that's what we have here. That tiny blue-green star just above the lunar horizon is the distant planet Uranus. The Moon did in fact block viewing of the planet during Tuesday's eclipse, and we have this image from Shanghai (China) to prove it. That one was sufficiently aware of celestial orbits to know this was coming is impressive on its own. But to have the gear to capture it makes it even better. Well done.