Perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun

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Perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun

[Public Domain] 10 Aug 2014 Dylan O'Donnell
CATEGORY : Astrophotography
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Otherwise known by the media as the (sigh) supermoon. The difference in size is really quite minor and does not make a huge difference to the casual observer. Honestly, every full moon is pretty wonderful regardless. Most astronomy nerds who have to put down their telescopes for a few weeks waiting for it to go away know it better as the stupid moon.

Captured here with a 9.25″ Celestron SCT in thin cloud unfortunately, but it turned out ok. 1/1600s / F11 / ISO 100.

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