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Chuck Reinhart
Vincennes, Indiana
01/13/2022
09:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Nikon D750, Nikon 120mm, 6 sec., f/10, ISO 1600

Post-processing Details:

Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop

Image Details:

In this 1/13 photo the Moon has moved close to Aldebaran. In traditional star maps, the red giant star is often portrayed as the "fiery eye" of the bull in the constellation Taurus. It is a massive star estimated to have a diameter 44 times the size of our sun.

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