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All set for the Night of the Moon, the global initiative ‘International Observe the Moon Night’, organized by NASA for September 26 and dedicated to the observation of the Earth satellite. Numerous events planned around the world and also in Italy, if the clouds and rain allow it, initiatives are planned from north to south.
“The lunar phase reveals about 75% of the disk, as we see it from Earth, and it is possible to admire many of the most famous features of our satellite, such as the Sea of Tranquility that was the protagonist of the Apollo 11 mission more ago 51 years old because it was there that he touched the lunar soil, ”Gianluca Masi, astrophysicist and scientific director of the Virtual Telescope, told ANSA, who is one of the official sponsors of the event and will broadcast the viewing of the Moon live, starting at 9:00 p.m. September 26.
Among the other representative characteristics of the lunar landscape, he added “we will find the lunar Apennines, always impressive and magnificent to admire, and important craters such as Plato and Copernicus, and all this will be visible with a modest telescope.”
Italy has always joined the initiative with a high number of associations and “after the US it is among the main participants,” said Paolo Volpini, from the Italian Union of Amateur Astronomers (UAI), promoter of the initiative in Italy together with the Institute. National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF).
The event, which takes place in accordance with all the security regulations provided for by anti-Covid measures, this year has an even more important significance, Volpini continued, “because it marks the resumption of activities with the public after the limitations imposed by the emergency. “. health. “It is also” the first event of the autumn sky, characterized by the beautiful procession of planets that accompany the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn followed by Mars. ”
Numerous events are planned, such as the observations organized in Bergamo by fans of Cinisello Balsamo, in Alessandria by fans “Cielo del Monferrato”, the moon-watching party at the Astronomical Observatory of Punta Falcone in Piombino (Livorno) curated by the Piombino Astronomical Association. Observations also in Rocca di Papa (Rome) with the Tuscolana Astronomy Association and in the Belvedere of Monte Pellegrino (Palermo) with the Orsa fans, while in Naples the Neapolitan Astrofili Union organizes three events sponsored by INAF.
