Winning the major astro-photography prize at the inaugural STARMUS festival at the Tenerife islands was the opportunity of a lifetime for Australian amateur astronomer Alex Cherney.

When the fullmoon rose yesterday evening it was dimmer an reder than usual, due to a total lunar eclipse.

The American Mark Risinger have created an all-sky survey of 37.440 images, that has been put together in an interactive flash. And it's simply amazing!

This weekend the Moon will be full, while making its closest approah to Earth in nearly 20years and will as a result appear 30% brighter than normal