70 ASTRONOMY • APRIL 2019
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The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
at Kitt Peak National Observatory in
Arizona stands quietly as the summer
Milky Way sets in the west. As the
imager was capturing this 90-second
tracked exposure, a meteor blazed
through the scene. • Dean Salman - HEY, BULLWINKLE!
The Harvest Moon rises in Earth’s
shadow on September 23, 2018.
Above it, the Belt of Venus glows
faintly red. This photo was taken
from Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The
Mi’kmaq people of that region call this
Full Moon the Moose Calling Moon.
- Barry Burgess
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