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Night Sky Photography -- 10-25-2026 -- The Full Hunter's Moon & Saturn With Aries The Ram

Earlier this evening I captured a couple of really good shots of the October full moon above the treetops along with nearby Saturn. The October full moon is also known in North America as the Full Hunter's Moon.

The first shot shows the distant, but bright, sixth planet of our Solar System between the branches at the tops of my neighborhood trees with the Full Hunter's Moon on the other side of the closer tree. Next to Luna you can also easily spot the two brightest stars of the Constellation Aries the Ram in frame.

The second and last photo is a wider shot of the evening sky that shows the entire constellation (highlighted) along with the brightest stars of the Constellations Andromeda and Pegasus higher overhead.

I'm really pleased with how these night sky photos turned out and I hope y'all enjoyed my little presentation. God and clear skies willing I should have at least one more night sky post before the arrival of my favorite holiday of the year, Halloween, at the end of the week.

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Night Sky Photography -- 10-12-2026 -- Morning Planets & Stars & Mars With The Beehive

On the morning of Monday, October 12th (Columbus Day here in the Americas) about 50 minutes before sunrise, I took this great shots of the eastern sky with the planets Jupiter & Mars along with the brightest stars of the constellations Gemini the Twins (Pollux), Canis Minor (Procyon), Leo the Lion (Regulus), and Hydra the Sea Serpent (Alphard).

The second shot is a close-up of Mars showing it close to the faint Beehive Star Cluster (Praesepe/M44) which is a part of the constellation Cancer The Crab.

 
The planet Mars was actually inside the open cluster over the weekend of October 10th and 11th, however overcast skies and rain from the recent tropical storm prevented me from getting a good shot of that event unfortunately. Still, I'm proud of how this photo came out, showing the orange-tinted 4th planet of our Solar System with the faint cluster of stars.

The Beehive Cluster (M44) is estimated to be at a distance of about 610 light-years (or 187 parsecs) from our Sun. 

Mars will continue to be a part of the faint constellation Cancer itself for about two more weeks till its orbit takes it further eastward towards Jupiter and a conjunction with the large gas giant in November.

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