Quarter Moon and Sister Stars

Posted on September 4, 2024  •  1 minutes  • 108 words

图文来源自：nasa. copyright: Alan Dyer

Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together.Specifically, Earth’s Moon shared the eastern sky with the of the Pleiades cluster, as viewed from , . Astronomical images of theoften show the star cluster’s alluring blue s, but here they are washed-out by the orange sky.The half-lit Moon, known as a , is overexposed, although the outline of the dim lunar night side can be seen by illuminating , light first reflected from the Earth.The is a composite of exposures with brightnesses adjusted to match what the would see. The Moon passes – or – in front of once a month.