Hubblecast 130 Light: Hubble Studies the Earth during a Total Lunar Eclipse
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse in January 2019, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. This method serves as a proxy for how they will observe Earth-like planets around other stars in search of life.
Credit:Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann.
Editing: Nico Bartmann
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida
Written by: Bethany Downer
Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Orion Fog.
Footage and photos: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Video
| Id: | heic2013a |
| Release date: | 6 August 2020, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2013 |
| Duration: | 01 m 25 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Eclipse : Lunar : Total |
| Category: | Hubblecast Solar System |
