Tag: Fomalhaut

Matariki for the Maori and the Morning Moon Joins Jupiter in Daytime, Letting Us See Sights in Mighty Hercules!

This image of Messier 13, the Great Globular Star Cluster in Hercules was imaged by Claudio Oriani in Richmond Hill, Ontario on May 30, 2023 using an 8″ SCT telescope. The cluster, also known as NGC 6205, is 24,000 light-years away from our sun. The cluster appears as a faint fuzzy patch in binoculars, and…
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Yom Kippur, Sunday Brings a Punymoon and Rare Double Spots on Jupiter, Mercury at Max Visibility, and Orionids Appear!

This image of the full moon was captured by Michael Watson of Toronto hours after it was full in September, 2017. Notice how the craters along the right-hand edge show some shadowing while the rest of the moon is “flat”. Michael’s gallery of wonderful astro-images are here. Hello, October Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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