Anyone else waiting for an eclipse ? / mad

[MalcolmInN]

AND COLD out there !

If its that cold your neighbors won,t see anything anyway

I see that you saw, as intended,  my nuance   

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Sleep deprived of East Cheam

[Papyrus]

Re the second I was thinking of comments from reporters implying that the moon would 'look a lot larger than usual' and such like.
As others have commented, it will disappoint a lot of casual observers that it won't appear any different to them size wise than any other night.

I disagree - last night was exceptional. We drove home yesterday evening after an afternoon of picking sloes, and we saw the moon rise in front of us, and it was truly astonishing. I've seen several so-called supermoons before (I agree they are not that rare) but this was something else. You could easily understand the impact it would have made on our stone age forebears and why they would have worshipped her as a goddess.

Didn't get to see the eclipse, though - the alarm clock goes off at 0630  :'(

Chris

[NeMo]

Re the second I was thinking of comments from reporters implying that the moon would 'look a lot larger than usual' and such like.
As others have commented, it will disappoint a lot of casual observers that it won't appear any different to them size wise than any other night.

I disagree - last night was exceptional.

Depends how often you see a full Moon close to the horizon.

You cannot tell an 8% larger than average Moon by looking at it. The Moon has a diameter about a half a degree -- in other words, you'd need 360 of them line up end to end to go clear across the sky from one horizon to its opposite horizon.

However, because the brain determines size by making comparisons with nearby objects, a Moon close to the horizon will always seem bigger because your brain is comparing it with things of "known" size such as trees, houses or hills. Your brain can't do this when the Moon is high up in the sky because there's nothing to compare it to.

It's a well known phenomenon called the Moon Illusion...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion

Is the Moon more impressive close to the horizon like it was last night (and frequently this time of year) then yes; was it actually big enough you'd notice any difference from usual, almost certainly not.

Cheers, NeMo

[MikeDunn]

Wot NeMo said ...

[steve836]

Nowt's visible in Tasmania at the moment.... and that includes the top of the mountain behind Hobart. 

Are we talking about Trainfish?

[MikeDunn]

If we are - I want the scope Bealman must be using 

[jonclox]

Couldn't see a thing it was to dark

[Pengi]

Yup - I was outside watching. The moon's appearance was not much bigger than it normally is though. Here's my effort

[MikeDunn]

Yup - I was outside watching. The moon was not much bigger than it normally is though.

Well - no 

What did you expect ?

[MalcolmInN]

Here's my effort

Oh dear  :'( it is saying "Sorry you are not allowed to view this file.. "

[Trainfish]

Yup - I was outside watching. The moon was not much bigger than it normally is though. Here's my effort

The moon is rectangular and covered with graffiti? Can't leave anything lying around these days!

[Bealman]

Showing up fine here, great pic, Jane!  Lovely red moon.

[MalcolmInN]

Showing up fine here, great pic, Jane!  Lovely red moon.

How strange !
Is that because you are a mod as well and have odd rituals !

[Trainfish]

I think it's because he's upside down. Not a position I've tried for a moon but could be worth a go 

[MalcolmInN]

Not a position I've tried for a moon but could be worth a go 

I'd ruther not if yer dont mind  !

Where is Pengi when we need her ? !