天文台与满月

2024年1月27日

Full Observatory Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

Explanation: A popular name for January’s full moon in the northern hemisphere is the Full Wolf Moon. As the new year’s first full moon, it rises over Las Campanas Observatory in this dramatic Earth-and-moonscape. Peering from the foreground like astronomical eyes are the observatory’s twin 6.5 meter diameter Magellan telescopes. The snapshot was captured with telephoto lens across rugged terrain in the Chilean Atacama Desert, taken at a distance of about 9 miles from the observatory and about 240,000 miles from the lunar surface. Of course the first full moon of the lunar new year, known to some as the Full Snow Moon, will rise on February 24.

Tomorrow’s picture: Pluto in color

天文台与满月
影像提供与版权: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

说明: 北半球1月的满月有”狼月“之称。在这片戏剧性的地球与月亮景观里，这轮新年度的第一个满月，从拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台后方升起。而前景天文台直径6.5米的麦哲伦望远镜，则像一对天文巨眼凝视着远方。这张照片是用长焦镜头摄于智利阿塔卡马沙漠的崎岖原野上，拍摄点离天文台约14公里远，与月球表面的距离约为384,000公里。此外，阴历新年的第一个满月（亦称”雪月”）将在2月24日东升。

明日的图片: Pluto in color