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# StarDate Susitna 10-13-19, by Kathleen Fleming
- URL: https://ktna.org/stardate-susitna-october-13th-2019-by-kathleen-fleming/
- Published: 2019-10-14T20:23:54.000Z
- Updated: 2019-10-14T20:42:11.000Z
- Description: Last week’s weather was not conducive to star gazing so in this StarDate Susitna, Kathleen explores other topics of interest to night-sky observers such as the apparent size of the
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: News, Susitna Writer's Voice, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

Last week’s weather was not conducive to star gazing so in this StarDate Susitna, Kathleen explores other topics of interest to night-sky observers such as the apparent size of the moon and the constellation Pegasus.

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Difference in the apparent size of closest and furthest Full Moons. The 10/13/19 Moon is near apogee, smallest. In April 2020 the Full Moon will be the biggest of the year. Image is Fred Espenak’s, from AstroPixels.com.

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Chart shows the location of 51 Peg in the constellation Pegasus, which is now visible all evening from Alaska. The star is at the edge of naked-eye visibility, but it can easily be spotted through ordinary binoculars. This chart is from the Wikipedia article, “51 Pegasi b”.