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The Full Strawberry Supermoon Sports Dark Spots and Rays, A Comet Update, and Maximum Mercury in the Predawn Planet Parade!

A triangle of dark ash deposits left by long-extinct volcanoes are easily visible in the crater Alphonsus using any size of telescope when the moon is fully illuminated. Hello, Moon in June Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of June 12th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to…
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Comets, Venus Kisses the Seventh Planet, Evening Moon Spells LOVE, Smashes a Scorpion Claw and Darts Over Double Stars!

A high resolution image of the moon’s Imbrium Basin, captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. From Monday to Friday this week, the lunar terminator will march across this huge feature in the moon’s northern hemisphere, showing off its best aspects. Hello, June Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of June 5th, 2022…
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