Reply With QuoteToo cloudy here but I did get this one on the "supermoon" last year
Anyone got any real photos.....no not a tortilla wrap stuck to your window!
Too cloudy here but I did get this one on the "supermoon" last year
Rubbish picture with IPhone
There was this article with pics at theatlantic.com:
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/201...n-2016/507605/
Originally Posted by Franky Four Fingers
You are jokingI can't see the end off the drive let alone see the sky.And no that's not my eye sight we have probably the worst fog I have seen here for years.
Im totally underwhelmed by the whole thing. 14% my arse. Should be called mediocre moon
Cant help thinking the majority of them are photoshopped
Seen plenty of it on my Night shift.
Definitely feel that I have seen the Moon appear much larger, although it has been incredibly bright.
Phone pic - definitely bright!
Last edited by andrewcregan; 15th November 2016 at 04:19.
Amazing Andrew.Now get back to work
You can't beat this for a Supermoon!
Amazing big red moon here in Hong Kong, was a lovely clear sky for once
Beautiful clear skies here last night.
I took these from our rooftop with an iPhone through a scope.
My SLR battery was dead so I missed a great opportunity there.
Is it me being a grumpy old git but these so called supermoons are a recent fashion. Last couple of years maybe? They certainly didn't call them supermoons before that. Bunch of old codswallop, the moon is surely in roughly the same sort of orbit its always been in.........
Saw bit of light through the constant overcast, could have been the SAR chopper though.
just cloud and rain, as per in wales...
Exactly. Just wanted to come and have a moan about the same thing myself. Supermoon my @rs3. The word they want is perigee. It won't look any different to the naked eye. Bah humbug. Grr.
What's even worse is they're calling it a micromoon when it's at apogee. Oh for goodness sake.
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Last edited by Cornholio; 15th November 2016 at 10:16.
Looks more like a close up of Uranus to me
You can't beat this for a Supermoon!
lol, nice one
But the moon was at its closest since 1948 so not a recent everyday encounter, or did you miss that bit
Which brand will be the first to release the "super moon limited edition"??
Maybe I'm being a bit pedantic here, but this is not strictly so. It's the closest full moon since 1948. As already stated the moon follows a roughly constant elliptical orbit.
For me this has to be the best one so far.....no need for expensive camera equipment and sitting in the garden for hours waiting for a gap in the clouds. Simply stick a wrap to your window and Ta Da......super moon
No, Supermoon is a relatively new term which is easier to say than the technical term which is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth–Moon–Sun system The moon's orbit is elliptical & varies between 222,000 & 252,000 miles from the earth. Last night's Supermoon, if we could have seen it, wouldn't have been discernibly different from the last full moon
Surely that's a spell from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
With clear skies it was very bright to be sure , I think that was more notable than size
In other words they're dumbing down astronomy. I prefer the technical term; I am a grumpy old pedantic git after all.
Took this with my camera above Hua Hin, Thailand. Very hard to control shake using full zoom without a tripod, but for a first attempt at something like this, I'm okay with it.
Took a few like this as well, but not sure they were worth it.
Last edited by Caller; 15th November 2016 at 19:35.
Don't get me wrong that's a super photo but I'm guessing you could take the same picture on any full moon?Took this with my camera above Hua Hin, Thailand. Very hard to control shake using full zoom without a tripod, but for a first attempt at something like this, I'm okay with it.
Took a few like this as well, but not sure they were worth it.
To the non educated astronomer, the Moon looks bigger in the sky tonight!
I think it does, riding home this evening the moon looked a little larger, and most certainly brighter than normal.
Saw it last night.
Looked about, well, the same, tbh.
Hmmmm, so 14% bigger isn't worth bothering about, and the supermoon is a load of fuss about nothing.
I must remember that next time there is a heated discussion about the merits between 42mm versus 39mm watch case diameters.
Note: 42/39 is less than an 8% size difference.
Still very cloudy and windy here ooop north.
I am hoping the clouds will break tonight so I can get the binoculars or telescope out.
That 14% is the area, not diameter.
TTr2 41mm = TT x 441
TTr2 39mm = TT x 380
441 x TT divided by 380 x TT= 16%
So 16% area difference is important, but 14% is insignificant
OK, I get it now.
The size difference in those two watches will be more noticeable because it is viewed against the wrist.
Unless the moon is near the horizon and near buildings, trees or whatever the difference will be hardly noticeable. I saw on an astronomy website that high in the sky (where I saw it) the average person would be unlikely to notice a difference.
Thanks and I'm sure you're right. But I was lucky in that it was an incredibly clear night here. But I'll try again when I buy a tripod.
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The moon looked good tonight in the binoculars.
It was too windy for the 3-inch scope, and too cold to drag the 8-inch dobsonian scope out on it's trolley, so the 15 x 70 bins on a tripod worked well enough for me tonight.
I had quite a good one from my place in London.
Perfect view. I can even see all the other constellations.
Cheers
Harry
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