Saturday, August 20, 2022

Night Sky Photography -- 07-19-2022 -- Mars, The Pleiades, & Last Quarter Moon

Greetings fellow stargazers!

Last night I was up really late -- or maybe up really early depending on how y'all look at it -- to get a couple of really good shots of the August 2022 Last Quarter Moon in the eastern sky close to the planet Mars and near the Pleiades Star Cluster. Despite the cloud cover I was able to capture some good shots between the clear spots to get this heavenly trifecta, as well as a close-up of the Moon in its Last Quarter phase.


Our lovely Luna will continue to travel eastward, rising later all week until it becomes a really thin waning crescent moon and appear beside the bright planet, Venus, on the morning of Thursday, August 25th later this coming week -- which I will try to capture if I'm able and good visibility is kind.

Until next time have a wonderful evening, and be sure to keep your eyes to the night skies, y'all hear!

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