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Friday, 30 May 2025

The crescent Moon visits the twins!

Just after sunset last night the thin crescent Moon hung low in the sky below Castor and Pollux - the 'Heavenly Twins' that are the brightest stars of the constellation Gemini. My favourite lunar crater Petavius was beautifully illuminated, showing all the features that make it so interesting: central peaks, internal rille and strange, elongated neighbour Pallitzsch







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