An astronomer has captured what is believed to be the first recorded video of a lunar impact flash in Ireland.
On Friday (12 December), Andrew Marshall-Lee, a final-year PhD student, recorded the flash using the Armagh Robotic Telescope (ART) at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium.
He explained that lunar impact flashes - an explosion of light caused by something hitting the Moon's surface - are extremely rare events, with this believed to be the second sighting in the UK.
He said he was “very fortunate in that I just so happened to be looking at the screen at the right time and I saw it happen with my own eyes”, adding that the moment will stick with him “for a lifetime”.
