This Star DISAPPEARED #shorts @ChucksAstrophotography

Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

If you had been looking up at the stars a couple nights ago, you may have noticed one of them disappeared right in front of your eyes.

The bright star is Spica and it vanished on July 13. This is because the moon passed it front of it.

I captured the moment with my telescope.

It re-emerged on the other side of the moon 69 minutes later.

#astronomy #spica

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