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change4 we won’t be detecting - not even with the most powerful telescopes - the new Chinese space probe Chang’e 4 that just landed on the moon? The reason being of course that it landed on the other side of the Moon. The side we never see.

And did you know that the video taken with the help of the most powerful telescope does get us surprisingly near this side of the Moon? Here’s how near:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_q43lnuQQs

Shot with Sigma 150-600mm super telephoto lens + 3 x 2x teleconverters. Thank you for that fantastic video, VidMix! And here’s a nice video (by a youtuber called T-minus) explaining why we never see the other - “dark” - side of the moon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Q2bSkLXDg