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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

Alpine, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

December 26, 2023, at 5:30 pm

Equipment:

ZWO Seestar S50 smart telescope. Postprocessing with Pixinsight on a MacBook Pro.

Description:

Tonight's full moon rising over Viejas Mountain as viewed from our front yard in Alpine. Like all full moons, this full moon has a nickname: Long Night Moon, and is the closest full moon to the winter solstice, occurring just five days after.

Website:

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/author/jgreif/

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