#internationalspacestation – by @themarsgenmovie on Instagram
Tonight, we will have a trifecta of beauty in the night sky. February’s full moon, also known as the \ »snow moon\ » (top image), a penumbra lunar eclipse (middle image) and a fly by of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (bottom image) will be visible tonight and in the predawn hours of Saturday.
Skywatchers using binoculars or small telescopes can catch the comet between Friday and Sunday, in the constellation Hercules in the eastern sky. The comet’s closest approach will come on Saturday, when the object will pass just 7.4 million miles (12 million kilometers) from