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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

La Jolla, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

October 9, 2022, a little after midnight PDT

Equipment:

Canon Eos 760D camera, Canon 300 mm F5.6 lens, 20 1/500th sec exposures at ISO 100, stacked and processed in Pixinsight 1.8.9.

Description:

Last night's almost full moon, shot at a little past midnight, called the Hunter's Moon, is the full moon following the Harvest Moon, and will be technically be full at 3:54 pm PDT this afternoon. The bright object near the full moon is our solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, and I'm gearing up for some Jupiter (and Saturn -- just West of Jupiter) shots later this month. Watch this space!

Website:

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