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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Full Observatory Moon
Explanation: A popular name for January's full moon in the northern hemisphere is the Full Wolf Moon. As the new year's first full moon, it rises over Las Campanas Observatory in this dramatic Earth-and-moonscape . Peering from the foreground like astronomical eyes are the observatory's twin 6.5 meter diameter Magellan telescopes. The snapshot was captured with telephoto lens across rugged terrain in the Chilean Atacama Desert, taken at a distance of about 9 miles from the observatory and about 240,000 miles from the lunar surface . Of course the first full moon of the lunar new year , known to some as the Full Snow Moon, will rise on February 24.
| Date | January 27, 2024 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory , TWAN ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
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ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |