APOD 4.4

Today's APOD is taken from April 16th and is very very cool.

This is a photo of the lunar eclipse, Mars and Spica all in the same photo. I chose this photo because I actually got up in the morning to watch it and was astounded by how amazing it looked. The red color of the moon is due to the sun actually passing in front of it. The blue star just underneath is Spica which is also relevant as it is within the constellation Virgin which we are learning about this week. And, you guessed it, the red star isn't actually a star but mars itself being very close to Earth due to the rotations lining up just right. Just amazing.