By Dr Ski | 2019-11-23
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On 11/23/2019 04:15 am by Dr Ski| Valencia Observatory
The Moon is nestled between Auva (delta Virginis) and Porrima (gamma Virginis), two naked eye stars which are part of Virgo's constellation outline.
Porrima is an exceptional binary star, having 2 bright identical suns that orbit each other every 170 years. In 2006 they were too close to split with a large telescope. Now they are 3 arc-sec apart and easily split! If you have a small scope, check it out. They will remain a beautiful pair for the next 150 years.
Canon EOS M100
80mm, f2. 0
1/3s@ISO800
Image cropped and enlarged.