#iPhonePhotography | 冬月 #winters #Moon – The Waxing Gibbous crescent Luna on a frosty winter’s night…

As last night on a very cold chill crispy silky night of 29th June 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand it was frosty cold night showing crowds the three most key items of the last nights sky The Summery Autumn Planet Jupiter with it four large Galilean Moons Io Europa, Castillo, also Ganymede in the Bodice of the Constellation Virgo the Virgin.  In which right next to the direction of the East rising is the Constellation Scorpio …

As the last night the moon progressive into the forty percent Waxing Gibbous progresses throughout the week, you can see more of the lacy crater terminator veil unveiling unrobes in revealing more shadowy depth in revealing more of the layers of history of Luna landscape geography… Winter, the winter season is one of the best season in which to get crispy sharper silkier images of the starry night sky where light is more frozeningly still. In which for the Summery season in which the images are satin softer as there are warmer humidity during the warm summery nights where light is slighter blurred……

#iPhonePhotography | 秋天的木星 the fifteen second – Autumn #Jupiter with the Galilean Moon Io in a wintery frosty night …

On a very frosty Autumn wintery  Auckland, New Zealand night sky in which, outside temperature  dropped below ten degrees Celsius that night …. As New Zealand braces for an extremely cold wintery snowy season than of season last…. . In view of the Moon in which slowly progressively risen latterly as progress through the weeks has it she headed toward the full moon waxing gibbously which showing the unveiling of her terminator veil…  also in view is the Planet Jupiter currently sitting in the constellation Virgo the Virgin, in Latin Virgin is another name for a young or teenage girl..  As the planet Jupiter is located nearby the star Spica in where it’s located in the bodice abreast wise of body of Virgo.  In which in this view nearby is one of its Galilean Moons Io as it moves from behind occultation into transiting view…

July caught and spotted in wintery Auckland….

JULY-2013 Night sky
graphics used is stellarium | time stamp is 2000 hours New Zealand time with out daylight savings.

This month of July is spotted, in wintery Auckland, New Zealand, she is caught up in a weathered crowd of misty clouds as she entered into a rave of ravers of stars in the night sky. As the weathering favours the rain rather than the glittery clear night sky.

Among the ravers, Saturn arriving earlier, still hanging in between his entourage the constellation Virgo and Libra rises at 1300 hours but best to catch up with him during the 1800 into the evening has he says farewell to Venus as she settles down to catch up with her other friends at 1930 hours following with Sol, the sun.

Among the regular’s raver’s goers of the wintery night sky, are the constellation Scorpio, Sagittarius, and accompany by Ophiuchus below following Saturn’s entourage following in the direction of east to west. Among that nearby group is the Dj’s of Auckland’s night sky, is the Crux the southern cross, pointed out by the Pointers alpha centauri aka Rigel Kent and , and the right of the southern cross is the support crew the Diamond Cross, and the False Cross.

During last of later months is the observation of the Chinese space station orbiting overhead, in that was rare to see, it’s reflective brightness is very much less but could make out the long cylinder structure, instead of the 108 meters width of the international space stations H’ reflective structure, which glows reflectively bright by its dual four solar panels power source.

As to Matariki, Pleiades, Subaru, or known as the seven sisters, the sisters are celebrated by the dawn of the Maori New Year last month of 22th of June in which you could see the sisters at very early morning of 0500 hours looking out into the nearby east in the protection of  the constellation Taurus.