Good evening, fellow Stargazers!
In the Northern Hemisphere the full moon is called the Beaver Moon and its the last full moon of the autumn season before the winter solstice.
This year's Full Beaver Moon is the fourth and last supermoon of 2024 at a distance of about 225,000 miles (or 361,867 km) from the Earth.
As an extra special bonus this year, the Super Full Beaver Moon aligns with the Pleiades Star Cluster with the two appearing about just over half-a-degree apart in the evening sky as seen from the surface of the Earth. The Pleiades are actually about 444.2 light-years (or 136.2 parsecs) distance from our Solar System.
The following are the photos I took of the Super Full Beaver Moon with the nearby Pleiades Star Cluster.
The first photo being a close-up shot of the our lovely Luna with every dark "sea" and large surface feature visible.
The second is a wider unfiltered view of the full moon with the nearby Pleiades showing just outside of Luna's glare.
The
final show showing the Super Full Beaver Moon and Pleiades with several
nearby bright stars including the red-giant star, Aldebaran, in the
Constellation Taurus and the large bright star, Capella, in the
Constellation Auriga. Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System,
can be seen rising just below between the tops of the trees.
I hope y'all enjoyed my photos and I hope to have some more soon. Till next time have a good evening and be sure to keep your eyes to the night skies, y'all hear.
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