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Photographers and would-be-photographers will have the opportunity to take a picture of the first blue supermoon of the year, which is also the last one until 2037. Professional photographers and would-be photographers will have the opportunity to take a picture of the first blue supermoon of the year on Wednesday night, which is also the last one until 2037. Before people whip out their cellphones, or better yet, their fancy DSLRs, to take a picture of this rare blue supermoon, they should know exactly what they're trying to capture. The moon will be what NASA calls a "trifecta of labels," as it will be a full moon, a supermoon and a blue moon. MORE: Idalia live updates: Forecast shows hurricane will be 'extremely dangerous' A blue moon refers to the second time a full moon appears during the same month, according to NASA. A supermoon is when it is at the closest point in its orbit around the Earth. The best camera to use While people will be tempted to pull ou...

A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever. A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. The National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the survey results this week. Shown in remarkable detail, most of these Milky Way objects are stars . The count also includes small, distant galaxies that may have been mistaken as individual stars . It’s like taking a group shot and being able to distinguish not only each individual, but the color of their shirt, said lead researcher Andrew Saydjari, a doctoral candidate in physics at Harvard University. “Despite many hours of staring at images containing tens of thousands of stars, I am not sure my mind has wrapped around the magnitude of these numbers," ...