The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted its annual Star Gaze outreach event at C.M. Crockett Park on Saturday, featuring Astronomy Bingo with David Werth, a sky tour with Cal Powell, telescopes on the observing field, and lectures by Robert Capon, Paul Derby, and Woody Davis. #NOVAC #CrockettPark #Midland #Virginia #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #StarGaze2025 #StarGaze #Astronomy

A Super Harvest Moon crosses the zenith tonight with the planets Saturn and Neptune in the constellation Pisces, the first full moon following the September 22nd autumnal equinox. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/harvest-moon-2/ #SuperHarvestMoon #HarvestMoon #HarvestSupermoon #Supermoon2025 #Supermoon #Moon #FallingLeavesMoon #Autumn #Equinox #Perigee #NightSky #Astronomy

A waning crescent Moon danced in the sky with the planet Venus and the quadruple star-system Regulus in the constellation Leo this morning, the spectacle shining brightly in the eastern twilight before dawn. #Moon #Venus #Regulus #AlphaLeonis #Twilight #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #Astronomy https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/

The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted a well-attended observing night at C.M. Crockett Park in Midland, Virginia on Saturday under clear skies revealing many deep-sky objects, the planet Saturn, and the Milky Way appearing as a colorful haze directly overhead as the First Quarter Moon dipped below the horizon. #NOVAC #CrockettPark #Midland #Virginia #UnderneathTheStars #NightSky #Astronomy

A Full Strawberry Moon crossed the night sky over Virginia this morning in the constellation Scorpius, dodging some thick clouds and rapidly dipping below the horizon with the red supergiant Antares as the Sun rose in the east. The Moon can appear to have the surface marks of fruit seeds when viewing through a red filter. #FullStrawberryMoon #StrawberryMoon #FullMoon #Moon #NightSky #Astronomy

The full Wolf Moon rises to the zenith tonight and waltzes in front of Mars to occult the red planet in the constellation Gemini. Mars enters its opposition on January 15th, when Earth's orbital position is closest to Mars. #WolfMoon #MoonAfterYule #FullMoon #Moon #Mars #RedPlanet #Planet #Occultation #Occult #NightSky #Astronomy

The planet Venus in the constellation Aquarius shines brightly above the Moon in the constellation Capricornus tonight. The binary star Iota Aquarii is visible below Venus. The hypergiant Nashira and the binary Deneb Algedi are visible above the Moon; Epsilon Capricorni & Kappa Capricorni are to the left of the Moon, and the G-type giant Iota Capricorni & the semiregular variable giant 29 Capricorni are visible to the right. #Venus #Moon #Aquarius #Capricornus #Hypergiant #Giant #SemiregularVariable #VariableStar #BinaryStar #Binary #Star #NightSky #Astronomy

The Super Beaver Moon enshrouded the Pleiades cluster in a bright halo on its path across the zenith; Jupiter was nearby showing three of its Galilean moons. The final supermoon of 2024 now waits above the western horizon for the dawn, illuminating the landscape below in pale moonlight. #SuperBeaverMoon #BeaverMoon #FrostyMoon #Supermoon2024 #Supermoon #Moon #Moonlight #Pleiades #NightSky #Zenith #Perigee #Astronomy

The Super Beaver Moon has risen! The Pleiades (Messier 45) and Uranus are below the Moon as the final supermoon of 2024 begins crossing the night sky in the constellation Taurus; Jupiter and Orion are rising behind the spectacle. The Moon will eclipse the Pleiades star cluster when it reaches the zenith at approximately 0600 GMT tonight. #SuperBeaverMoon #BeaverMoon #FrostyMoon #Supermoon2024 #Supermoon #Moon #Pleiades #NightSky #Zenith #Perigee #Astronomy

The Moon becomes a Super Beaver Moon on Friday evening, the fourth and final supermoon of 2024 that is joined by Uranus and Jupiter in the constellation Taurus. The full moon will eclipse the Pleiades cluster at the zenith on November 16th at approximately 0600 GMT. #SuperBeaverMoon #BeaverMoon #FrostyMoon #Supermoon2024 #Supermoon #Moon #Pleiades #NightSky #Zenith #Perigee #Astronomy https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/november-full-moon/

The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted its annual Star Gaze outreach event at C.M. Crockett Park on Saturday, featuring Astronomy Bingo, a sky tour, telescopes on the observing field after sunset, and lectures by Woody Davis, Alan Goldberg, and Paul Derby. #StarGaze2024 #StarGaze #NOVAC #Virginia #NightSky #Astronomy

The Full Buck Moon of July 2024 rises with Pluto between the constellations Capricornus and Sagittarius this morning; Saturn and Neptune follow in the east, and pass through the Delta Aquariid meteor shower. #BuckMoon #BerryMoon #FeatherMoltingMoon #RaspberryMoon #SalmonMoon #ThunderMoon #FullMoon #Moon #NightSky #Astronomy https://earthsky.org/sky-archive/july-full-moon/

A Full Strawberry Moon approaches completion during the night of the Summer Solstice of 2024. Saturn and Neptune follow in the eastern sky as the reddish planet Mars, walking behind these two gaseous planets, fades into the summer sunrise. #FullStrawberryMoon #StrawberryMoon #FullMoon #Moon #SummerSolstice #Solstice #NightSky #Astronomy https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice/

Shaminder Dulai - 2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year winners announced: https://www.dpreview.com/news/5115298208/2024-milky-way-photographer-of-the-year-winners-announced #MilkyWay #PhotographyCompetition #NightSky #Astrophotography #Photography

A pairing of a waning gibbous Moon and Jupiter with its four Galilean moons visible tonight dances in the sky after the Harvest Supermoon. Uranus and the Pleiades (M45) in the constellation Taurus follow in the glare of our Moon that is illuminating the zenith on its way to setting in the western sky at sunrise. https://www.space.com/jupiter-moon-meet-night-sky-october-2023 #Moon #Jupiter #Pairing #NightSky #Astronomy

David Dickinson - Catch a Cycle of Lunar Occultations of Antares Starting This Week: https://www.universetoday.com/162774/catch-a-cycle-of-lunar-occultations-of-antares-starting-this-week/ #LunarOccultation #Occultation #Antares #Moon #NightSky #Astronomy