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Old 06-05-2012, 08:35 PM
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SuperMoon comments

I was going to make a personal observation but there are so many SuperMoon threads I didn't know which one I would put it in, so I thought: A 'comment thread'

My personal observation of the Super Moon viewed through a break in the clouds was:

I couldn't really see any difference
The ground seemed a tad brighter maybe, but not really noticable, and the size of the Moon looked the same as always.
So for me there was no WOW!
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Old 06-05-2012, 09:03 PM
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It was only 0.8% bigger than last full moon.

Nothing really 'super' about it, but it got the media attention and gets people outside looking up.
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Old 06-05-2012, 09:06 PM
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It was only 0.8% bigger than last full moon.

Nothing really 'super' about it, but it got the media attention and gets people outside looking up.
Yeah, any night sky publicity is good publicity
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Old 06-05-2012, 09:13 PM
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Unfortunately there was no supermoon here due to thick clouds, not even the sun was visible today.
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Old 06-05-2012, 09:26 PM
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Just looked like any other full moon to me.

My comment...

"Meh."

Out.
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Old 06-05-2012, 11:11 PM
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It seemed a bit brighter than usual Ken.

It looked pretty cool reflecting off the dam though.

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Old 07-05-2012, 12:08 AM
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A 16% increase in brightness of an already blinding object and a 1-2' increase increase in diameter over average is pretty much impossible to see.

It was full overcast here in Australia's worst climate so not that it made a difference anyway.
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Old 07-05-2012, 12:32 AM
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A 16% increase in brightness of an already blinding object and a 1-2' increase increase in diameter over average is pretty much impossible to see.

It was full overcast here in Australia's worst climate so not that it made a difference anyway.
Sab, it was a 16% increase in Diameter. It was supposed to be a 30% increase in brightness.

I reckon it looked 5% brighter on the ground but I can't be accurate as I didn't have my Moonometer with me
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:49 AM
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I've just read this quote from an article (couriermail.com.au) regarding the Super Moon which had me scratching my head...

"Photographers around the world turned out to capture the spectacle, which appeared in daylight in some parts of the globe."

Daylight you say... can someone explain this to me please... would it be seen in daylight (very long daylight hours) in a northern spring?

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Old 07-05-2012, 05:54 AM
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The Moon definitely looked bigger to me last night. And through the camera even more noticeable, especially because, for the first time, I couldn't fit the entire disc in a single frame.

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Old 07-05-2012, 06:12 AM
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Have to agree, didn't look much different, but it got a lot of people out there for a look, who knows maybe a few more aspiring armature astronomers in the making.

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Old 07-05-2012, 07:13 AM
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The Moon definitely looked bigger to me last night. And through the camera even more noticeable, especially because, for the first time, I couldn't fit the entire disc in a single frame.

Tom
Well there you go, probably a good guage.

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Have to agree, didn't look much different, but it got a lot of people out there for a look, who knows maybe a few more aspiring armature astronomers in the making.

Leon
I agree, great to get people out there admiring and taking images.

Overall, it was a bful Moonrise, but a a litttle brighter, hard to tell though. Nothing monumental though.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:19 AM
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Moon? What Moon? All I saw was clouds.
pgc hunter's signature says it all quite beautifully.
Cheers Matt
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:37 AM
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To my eyes it was definitely larger and brighter than last full moon.
And it's NOT due to the fact I have new glasses. LOLOL
All the hype has made a lot of people, who otherwise wouldn't have gone outside to look up, go outside and look up. And there are so many photos of the full Moon being posted on the Net, it's just wonderful.
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To my eyes it was definitely larger and brighter than last full moon.
And it's NOT due to the fact I have new glasses. LOLOL
All the hype has made a lot of people, who otherwise wouldn't have gone outside to look up, go outside and look up. And there are so many photos of the full Moon being posted on the Net, it's just wonderful.
It didn't look any different to me , but I agree with you comment JJJ if it made people go outside and take a look it is a positive
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:41 AM
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Sat night was clear and it did seem brighter, dunno about bigger. Sunday night was cloudy so could not comment.

I put SPF 50 Moon Block on just in case ...
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My left eye is still recovering from looking at the Moon unfiltered through the 10" Dob.
I slipped the lid back on and uncapped the aperture reduction hole thingy and viewed using that instead.
I had Josh (Nortilus) , and Jim and Roey Fitzpatrick in my back yard sharing the experience.
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To me looked slightly brighter than normal
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"Photographers around the world turned out to capture the spectacle, which appeared in daylight in some parts of the globe."

Daylight you say... can someone explain this to me please... would it be seen in daylight (very long daylight hours) in a northern spring?

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Mario, unless the observer was close to the South Pole, it is a ridiculous claim to make. The Full Moon is opposite the sun, so either one is up, or the other.
Maybe for some people in Antarctica, Southern tip of NZ, or somewhere like that

I would have to check where the Moon was during daytime for those places.
Sounds a bit odd.
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Old 07-05-2012, 04:25 PM
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To me looked slightly brighter than normal
It was so bright I was doing "frame and focus" with a solar filter. Imaging without the filter it was overexposed at 0.0005 sec and gain=1. Seems I need either an C8 size ND filter or a mono camera, filter wheel and matching ND filter.

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Maybe for some people in Antarctica, Southern tip of NZ, or somewhere like that

I would have to check where the Moon was during daytime for those places.
Sounds a bit odd.
Ken, at my place (northwestern Sydney) sunset was listed for 17:11 and moonrise 17:08. Of course neither horizon is visible so the point is moot.

Melbourne had 17:28 and 17:24 so you had 25% more of both being up.
Hobart had 17:08 and 17:01
The southern tip of NZ had 17:41 and 17:30
The southern tip of South America had 16:53 and 16:22 (on the 5th).
The edge of Antarctica at 151 deg E had 14:49 and 14:04 (using AEST for convenience). Much further south and the Sun doesn't rise at this time of year.

The further south, the longer both were up.
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