Tuesday, February 3, 2015

It's the Full Snow Moon



EVG regular Grant Shaffer took this tonight in Tompkins Square Park...

Hey, where's Jupiter???

Some background via Universe Today:

February’s full moon is aptly named the Full Snow Moon as snowfall can be heavy this month.

And!

The Full Moon celebrates Jupiter’s coming opposition by accompanying the bright planet in a beautiful conjunction tonight.



And here is the moon from 2:03 a.m. overnight via Bobby Williams and his EV Observatory...

2 comments:

Felton said...

The star that appears about half way between the moon and the left edge of the photo is Jupiter, some seven degrees over. Sorry I got frozen out tonight, but I will be showing Jupiter as soon as it gets a little warmer.

Anonymous said...

Jupiter is not a star, it's a planet.