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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

La Jolla, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

July 15, 2019, at 10:30 pm PDT

Equipment:

Canon Eos 760D, Celestron Evo 8 inch SCT, Pixinsight 1.8.6, Aurora HDR

Description:

Saturn was at opposition (Earth between Saturn and the Sun), and the Moon is at opposition (Earth between the Moon and Sun) once a month, at full moon, which was last night. That put Saturn and the moon amazingly close together -- you had to block the moon with your finger to get a glimpse of Saturn, at 10 o'clock, north and east, and less than an arc minute from the edge of the moon.

Website:

http://skyandtelescope.org/author/jgreif/

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