Tag: Full Sturgeon Moon

Spotty Gas Giants, and Monday’s Full Sturgeon Moon is Blue and Super, Moseys Past Evening Saturn and then Meets Pre-dawn Pleiades!

August 18, 2024

My friend Andrea Girones of Ottawa captured and processed this spectacular view of the sun’s complete disk while attending the annual Starfest gathering on August 7, 2024. It beautifully captures the sun’s convection cell pattern, the dark elongated filaments and the prominences they become when viewed in profile around the sun’s limb (especially at right),…
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Bright Stars Battle with the Full Sturgeon Supermoon While Mercury Mounts and Saturn Shines by Night!

July 30, 2023

This Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows the major features of Mare Imbrium, the Sea of Rains. Oceanus Procellarum mare material appears along the far left side of the image. Welcome to August, Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of July 30th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to…
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Bright Moon Minors a Major Meteor Shower, Saturn Stuns, and Jupiter Sports Spots!

August 7, 2022

A detailed map of the lunar region around Copernicus, which is best viewed as the moon is within several days of full. (Stellarium) Hello, August Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 7th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments,…
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Full Moon at Mid-Summer Won’t Worry Bright Evening Planets, the Moon Points to Mars in Daytime, Ceres Tickles the Toes of Aquarius, and NEOWISE near Globulars!

August 2, 2020

This image of Mars, captured using a camera affixed to his 8″ SCT telescope, was taken by my friend Claudio Oriani at his home in Richmond Hill on July 28, 2020. It features some Mars’ most prominent features, such as Hellas (bright area to the left), Syrtis Major (dark area) and the southern polar cap…
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