We Want Your Pictures of the Super Moon

Break out your telescopes and your cameras on Saturday night—11:34 p.m.—to see Super Moon 2012. 

It occurs when the moon goes into its full phase at the same time it approaches Earth at the shortest-possible point in its orbit—an event known as a perigee.

In short, the moon looks really big!

Want to know more? Click through this NASA video.

We know you'll take photos and we hope you'll share them with us. 

Just click "Upload Photos and Videos" under the photo on this page and the follow the simple directions. Be sure to add caption information—your name, where the photo is taken ... you know, the basic stuff.

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Lou Coban, the administrator of the Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park on the North Side of Pittsburgh, said the facility won't be holding any special events tonight—a Super Moon doesn't make for great viewing through a telescope because the brightness washes out details, he said—but free tours of the building have started back up for other nights when the star and moon gazing is more conducive. 

Tours are offered Thursdays and Fridays, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting until 10 p.m. In addition to a walking tour of the building, visitors also get a chance to view the skies through the telescope, if it's a clear night. Tours are free and by appointment. About 45 people can be accommodated.

If you or someone you know is fascinated by the night skies, star parties are also held throughout the summer  at the Wagman Observatory  at Deer Lakes Park and at Mingo Creek Park Observatory  by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh . No telescope required. 

In the meantime, if you want to make a day of celebrating the Super Moon with the kids, try a picnic at Riverview Park and let them play on the space-themed playground.