2023年4月26日 The Moon through the Arc de Triomphe Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano Zanarello Explanation: Was this a lucky shot? Although many amazing photographs are taken by someone who just happened to be in the right place at the right time, this image took skill and careful planning. First […]
2023年2月25日 Crescent Moon Occultation Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier Explanation: On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter along the ecliptic plane. The beautiful celestial conjunction was visible around planet Earth. But from so
2022年10月10日 A Double Lunar Analemma over Turkey Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy Explanation: An analemma is that figure-8 curve you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day for one year. But the trick to imaging an analemma of the Moon is to wait bit longer. O
2022年10月1日 Lunation Matrix Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN) Explanation: Observe the Moon every night and you’ll see its visible sunlit portion gradually change. In phases progressing from New Moon to Full Moon to New Moon again, a lunar cycle or lunation is completed in about
2022年9月3日 Sun and Moon and ISS Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night), Jin Ma (Beijing Planetarium) Explanation: On August 25 Sun and Moon could both be seen in planet Earth’s daytime skies. And so could the International Space Station. The ISS crossed the disk of the wanin
