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You can project the moon. Have you heard of a sun funnel? This is a way to safely view the sun by projecting the image from an eyepiece to fabric stretched across a funnel mounted on top. It's easy to make at home too. Directions are here at bit.li slash sun funnel. That's all one word. Depending on your equipment, a sun funnel can view the moon as well as the sun. A full moon gives off more than enough light to project from even relatively small telescopes. Large telescopes will project the full moon at its phases with varying levels of detail while not as crisp as direct eyepiece viewing. It's still an impressive sight. You can also mount your smartphone or tablet to your eyepiece for a similar moon viewing experience, but the funnel doesn't need batteries. Of course, you can join folks in person or online to celebrate our moon on October 4, 2025 with international Observe the Moon night. Find details at moon dot nasa dot gov slash observe. And that's it for that bulletin. This is KI0AR, Net Control for the Colorado Astronomy Net.