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Joel Weatherly
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
12/07/2022
09:08 pm

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Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph, Celestron AVX, and Canon 5Ds

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This image was edited using Affinity Photo.

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Mars and the Moon are a stunning pair in our skies tonight. While at opposition, brilliant Mars met the full moon for a lunar occultation of Mars. A video of Mars' disappearance and reappearance, as seen through my telescope, can be found here: https://fb.watch/hhdHYjYZKh/

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