Astronomy Ireland is encouraging people to look to the skies at certain times next week
Astronomy Ireland said in a statement that the public should be able to view the sturgeon moon - which could be up to"30% brighter" than a regular moon - on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.It also said that Tuesday is set to be the best night to witness the phenomenon with the moon rising at 10pm, though people should still be able to see it on Monday and Wednesday. The moon will rise on Monday at 9.30pm and Wednesday at 10.20pm.
"People get very creative at these supermoon rises and line them up with buildings, sculptures, landscape features, and even friends and families to make very creative photos and we want to feature them in Astronomy Ireland magazine so we are hoping people all around the island will send us their best photo for our special supermoon issue."
Along with photos, Astronomy Ireland Magazine is also asking people to send in written comments of their observations for publication in a special review of the event.
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