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Lazy amateur astro/luna photography, weather and all things Salopian. Instagram : cxjones100 Vero : jonesythemoonguy Mastodon: Jonesy1007 @astrodon .social

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Chris Jones
2 years
Another one from lake Vyrnwy. Mid Wales, with the Milkway rising high over the tower, just so many stars. 4 pic pano #MilkyWay #lakeVyrnwy #astrohour #Astrophotography
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99% Waning moon, the craters on the right are making a re-appearance. #Moon #luna #MoonHour #mineralmoon @skyatnightmag
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Tonight's moon at 96%, with the International Space Station in transit , my first proper capture of this event, taken at Harley, near Shrewsbury, time 21:18:37 #MoonHour #moon #luna #ISS @Space_Station #transit #lunartransit #WolfMoon
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My view of the beautiful full strawbery moon rise this evening over the trees of Shropshire. @MoonHourSocial #MoonHour #StormHour #moon #luna #FullMoon #StrawberryMoon
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A fantastic slice of the sky, Winters definetly arrived #Orion , #Hyades , #Pleiades #astrohour #astronomy @bbcskyatnight #phonepics
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The Sunday morning blue sky moon, with the cloud coming in over Shropshire 😍 #sundayvibes #moon #luna #astronomy #weather @StormHour
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The 24% crescent waning moon at dawn today, bonus if you can spot Venus on the last picture. #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #MoonLovers #venus @skyatnightmag @jaythegrumpy @PeterLewis55 @NWSAcaster
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The Sunday morning blue sky moon, the stacked version, (best 27 of 46 shots) #sundayvibes #moon #luna #astronomy #weather @StormHour
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The full pink hazy Easter moon from last night #pinkmoon #fullmoon #moon #luna #MoonHour #Easter
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A few more shots of tonights setting Waxing crescent moon, 7.3% #moon #luna #MoonHour @skyatnightmag @ThePhotoHour @shropastrosoc
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One more image for #ObserveTheMoon tonight, using the ZWO planetary camera on SW80ED. Best 40% of 1000 frames, as the moon hit the clouds giving a nice glow. #moon #luna #MoonHour #ZWO #ASI224MC
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Supermoon, Buckmoon, Thunder moon, whatever you call it, here's tonight's waning moon, its big, bright and not much to see regards detail 😉 #moon #luna #astronomy #supermoon #buckmoon #MoonHour
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Chris Jones
3 years
This is the 73% waning Wolf Moon from 6am on Saturday morning, a stack of 25 shots and lightly saturated #moon #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
2 years
Last nights moon, 12.50am, 92% waning gibbous Buck Moon, single shot. Some great definition on the terminator and nice colour due to it being low #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour @BBCStargazing @skyatnightmag @PeterLewis55 @DavidBflower
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Thursdays moon following Jupiter and Venus as the head towards the horizon #moon #luna #MoonHour #earthshine #astronomy #planets #Astrophotography #StormHour
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Chris Jones
3 years
The afternoon blue sky moon with light cloud passing by #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #cloud
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Tonight's moon, looked fab in the blue evening sky, it's so bright now at 98.7% full, #moon #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour @skyatnightmag @PeterLewis55 @jaythegrumpy @NWSAcaster
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Last nights 98% flower moon, mineral version. Good luck to all lunar eclipse hunters later on, the weather's looking very poor here, we will just have to wait and see 🤞 #moon #Flowermoon #luna #LaLuna #astronomy @BBCStargazing @VirtualAstro
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Chris Jones
11 months
A few shots of tonights partial lunar eclipse on the full Hunters moon, the clouds came and went and since came back again. @MoonHourSocial #moonhour @ThePhotoHour #Astrophotography #fullmoon #HuntersMoon #LunarEclipse #shrophire
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Chris Jones
3 years
The 9.5% crescent moon, just before sunrise, #moon #luna #Crescent #astronomy #phonepics
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Chris Jones
3 years
Anyone seen this in the UK, over Shrewsbury a few minutes ago #space #satellite @VirtualAstro
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Tonight's moon shot through the scope. 62% lit, single exposure. @MoonHourSocial @ThePhotoHour
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It's good to see #Orion under the moon in the morning sky just now #astro #astronomy #moon
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Chris Jones
3 years
The morning fingernail moon, with just a touch of earthshine. only a 6.5% crescent #moon #crescent #luna #astronomy @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
3 years
A beautiful crescent moon hanging underneath Jupiter tonight in a gorgeous sky. The perfect time to pick up earthshine. #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #AstroHour #Jupiter @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
1 year
This is not the #ISS , this is #spaceX launch with 4 astronauts on their way to the international space station, passing over the UK approx 20 minutes after the Space Station. God speed guys 👍 @VirtualAstro #Falcon9 @spacestationguy @MoonHourSocial #Axiom2
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Chris Jones
2 years
The moon from Saturday night, in and out of the clouds #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour
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Chris Jones
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Thanks for the likes of a single exposure of last nights first quarter moon, this is from a stack using the best 45% of 3500 frames taken at the same time from a short video. Just a bit sharper I think. #moony #MoonHour #moon #luna @skyatnightmag #astronomy @PeterLewis55
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Saturday nights moon, mineral style, good to see the crater detail top right as the shadows comes round, 96% lit at this stage. #mineralmoon #Moon #luna #MoonHour #Astrophotography @PeterLewis55 @jaythegrumpy @NWSAcaster
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Chris Jones
2 years
Tuesday's moon, 58% lit, a stacked image taken from a 60 second video, best 600 frames from 1200 taken, shot low in blue hazy sky, hence the glow. #moon #luna #Astronomy #bbcskyatnightmag @ThePhotoHour @PeterLewis55 @jaythegrumpy @NWSAcaster
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Chris Jones
3 years
The morning crescent moon, looks like it smiling at us 😀have a good Sunday🌛🌛🌛 #sundayvibes #moon #luna #MoonHour #astronomy @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
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Can't believe its been 4 years tonight since #cometNeowise was passing by, these were some of my first shots of a comet in the night sky and what a night it was. #moonhour #comet #astrophotograpy
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Chris Jones
3 years
More shots of the full moon from last night, around midnight when the sky's cleared a bit, Jupiter and Saturn visible nearby too #SturgeonMoon #fullmoon #moonhour #BlueMoon #moon #luna #Astrophotography
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Chris Jones
3 years
The Plough or Big Dipper asterism in Ursa Major, this time of the year standing on the handle. 2nd star up is Mizar, a super double with Alcor ( actually sextuple system) to test the eye sight #astronomy #astrohour
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Chris Jones
3 years
As a newbie to #Astrophotography it surprises me just how colourful the night sky really is, this is my ensemble of targets shot in March /early April all with Skywatcher80ED on DSLR. Guiding is next but just enjoying simple astro for now, Thanks to @xRMMike for kicking me off 👍
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Chris Jones
3 years
Last nights moon at 34% Waxing Crescent, single exposure #luna #moon #astronomy @skyatnightmag #MoonHour @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
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Chris Jones
2 years
Tonight's Earthshine on the moon through the cloud gap #moon #luna #earthshine @bbcskyatnight #astronomy #moonhour
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Chris Jones
3 years
Tonights short DSO selection, all single exposures, between 90 and 120second (sorry about the trails) and processed in lightroom mobile. M45,Plaeides, M42, the great Orion nebula NGC2237 the Rosette nebula Orion, Hyades and M45 #Astrophotography #astronomy #unguided #nofilters
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Chris Jones
2 years
The 93% lit worm moon, doing its best to punch through the hazy clouds over Shropshire #MoonHour #moon #luna #astronomy #StormHour #wormmoon
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Chris Jones
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The last quarter moon at 57% in the morning blue sky over Shrewsbury today #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour @ThePhotoHour @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
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The afternoon moon, at 90% stunningly white in the blue sky, a mix of DSLR and phone shots #moon #luna #astronomy #blueskymoon #MoonHour
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Chris Jones
3 years
Tonight's Wolf Moon about an hour after moonrise as seen above Haughmond Hill near Shrewsbury and the sunset afterglow over Shrewsbury to the west was incredible. #wolfmoon #moon #luna #StormHour @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
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The late afternoon moon at 98% full as it rose through trees and cloud #moon #luna #WolfMoon #astronomy #StormHour
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Chris Jones
1 year
Tonight's 83% lit waxing gibbous moon, the full moon is in just 4 days time @MoonHourSocial #moonhour #moon
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It's been a while since I posted a moon pic or any astro stuff, so it was good to see the moon at 3.30 this morning, along with Jupiter and Saturn, Mars was there behind the trees too #moon #luna #astronomy @BBCStargazing #MoonHour @DavidBflower @PeterLewis55
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Chris Jones
2 years
Saturday nights 98.5% full moon, positioned nicely under Jupiter and it's moons #moon #moonhour #luna #astronomy #mineralmoon #Jupiter
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Chris Jones
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Comet 12P/Pons Brooks, low in the sky around 10pm Saturday 06.04.2024 #comet #nightsky #Astrophotography @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
3 years
Three planets, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn along with the 6% crescent moon nearby an hour after sunset this evening @skyatnightmag #astronomy #moon #luna #planets #MoonHour , #astrohour
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Chris Jones
1 year
Tonight I can see the moon, its veiled in cloud but it there, here's a couple of shots #moon #luna #astronomy #moonhour @MoonHourSocial
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1 year
Another image of the Milkyway from the weekend this is just a 4 image stack of 13 seconds each, processed in #Sequator and #Photoshop Shot from my Shropshire back garden with dslr and 18-35mm kit lens untracked #Astrophotography #milkyway #nikond7500 @UKNikon @MoonHourSocial
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Chris Jones
2 years
Tonights rising Worm Moon at 99.5%, a few handheld shots in the dusk. #moon #luna #astronomy #fullmoon #MoonHour @ShropshireWX #wormmoon @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
3 years
The phases of the Hunters moon, November's frost moon has already begun 👍 #moon #luna #astronomy
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Chris Jones
2 years
We say goodbye to the Worm Moon of March 2022, it was was a splendid moon. Here's a collection of shots from over the month. #wormmoon #moon #themoon #luna #MoonHour @ThePhotoHour @jaythegrumpy @PeterLewis55 @NWSAcaster @spaceguy_24 @MoonHour321 #twittermooncommunity
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Some of my astro highlights of August, let see what September brings, hopefully not more clouds #clearskies #Astrophotography #astrohour #MoonHour #astronomy @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
3 years
Tonight's Shropshire view of the 11.5% waxing moon, as seen through the scope, and alongside #Venus #moonhour #moon #luna @skyatnightmag #astrohour
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Chris Jones
2 years
The pink moon's wanining phase begins in moody skies. The shadows giving detail on top right hand to Mare Crisium #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour @PeterLewis55
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Chris Jones
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A short time-lapse of the moon chasing Jupiter and Venus over the horizon from Friday night. #moon #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour @MoonHourSocial
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Chris Jones
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Wednesday nights 63% waxing gibbous mineral moon. Copernicus shows so well at this phase. A 35 shot stack, edited in PS #moon #luna #astronomy #mineralmoon #MoonHour @BBCStargazing @skyatnightmag
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Wednesdays blue sky morning moon, at 57% , a stacked shot of 30 images taken when our world was a safer place. #moon #luna #astronomy
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Chris Jones
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M31,the Andromeda galaxy, 1 hour 6 mins of 90second exposures,as seen from the garden, B4 sky, and as seen from outside the Milky Way (starless), both need work #galaxy #andromeda #m31 #Messier31 #Astrophotography #AstroHour @skyatnightmag @AstronomyMag #sw80ed #Nikon
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Chris Jones
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Tonights waning snowmoon in clear skies as its rising in Shropshire, still very windy but the sky is clear #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #StormHour
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Chris Jones
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Tonights moon, 33% waxing crescent, not the sharpest as it was shot in 30mph gusty winds, the long lens acting like a sail ⛵ #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
1 year
Friday nights wanining moon, now 96% lit, the shadow is moving in from the top right #moon #luna #Astrophotography @MoonHourSocial @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
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The morning's Hunters full moon, prior to the clouds coming in #HuntersMoon #FullMoon #moon #luna #phonepics #shropshire #astro
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Chris Jones
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Last nights very bright full #sturgeonmoon once again accompanied with Jupiter and a backdrop of clouds. #BlueMoon #fullmoon #moon #luna #StormHour @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
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The waning Buckmoon, a few shots from Thursday night in to Fridays hazy sky #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #BuckMoon @ThePhotoHour
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Chris Jones
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Wonderful sunset tonight in Shropshire, just watched a cloud angel turn into a cross, and stunning light 😍 @ShropshireWX @ThePhotoHour #stormhour #loveukweather @bbcweather #weather #sunset
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Chris Jones
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This evenings Moon at 45% waxing, the "v" just coming into view, and a near miss by a flight, combination of camera and phone pics @PeterLewis55 #MoonHour #moon #luna #astronomy
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Chris Jones
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My first moon mosaic shot with the new planetary camera, ZWO ASI224MC . Taken Friday night, made up of 6 images, each a stack of 500 frames, to cover the moon, merged in LRc, chuffed with this 👍 #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #moonphotography #zwo #ASI224MC #asistudio
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Chris Jones
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Beautiful 97% waning moon tonight through some cracking clouds, and in pic 3 it's with the Hyades and the Plaeides (top right corner) #moon #MoonHour #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
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Another image of the moon this evening, this is a stack of just 11 shots using 80mm scope scope and dslr 😀 #moon #luna #astronomy @thephotohour #MoonHour #nikonphotography #skywatcher
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Tonight's moon at 91%, before the fog came, single image #moon #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour #MoonHour @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
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My first ever shot at the California Nebula #NGC1499 high in the sky last night, and my first DSO with the Nikon d7500 attached to the Skywatcher 80ED refractor #Astrophotography #skywatcher #Nikon
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First contact with April's moon, a slivery crescent at only 2.5% lit. I had planned to stop posting moon pics this month, oh well..... 😉 #moon #luna #astronomy #MoonHour #StormHour #Astrophotography @jaythegrumpy @PeterLewis55 @MoonHour321 @skyatnightmag
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Chris Jones
3 years
Tonight's 99.8% very nearly full #beavermoon or #frostymoon through those pesky clouds over Shropshire on a very mild November night #moon #luna #MoonHour #astronomy #stormhour @ThePhotoHour
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Monday's waxing crescent moon, 10% lit before the clouds came in, looking great with nearby Venus earlier @MoonHourSocial #astronomy @thephotohour #moon #Luna
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Saturdays big and bright moon. 90% lit heading for a Supermoon on 14th #moon #luna #astronomy @ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
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A hazy moon tonight rising through the trees #moon #luna #MoonHour @ThePhotoHour
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The 94% moon, with Jupiter and Saturn made for a great display on Friday night between the cloud early on. Jupiters moons were in an interesting configuration close up #MoonHour #moon #luna #jupiter #astronomy #astro @BBCStargazing
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