Moonageddon - close lunar perigee

[iceman]

News stories like this are a laugh :)

http://www.news.com.au/technology/moonageddon-on-march-19-our-nearest-neighbour-will-be-biggest-and-closest-since-1993/story-e6frfro0-1226015795421

[renormalised]

:P I can see it all now:P

Shades of 2012:P:P

[steve000]

O GOD WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!@#!@#!@#


damn media.

[iceman]

At least this article had shades of a 'tongue in cheek' style.

[renormalised]

We shouldn't worry too much, NASA will send up Bruce Willis and his mates. They'll blow it up in time:):P:P

[Rodstar]

At least there was a "media personality" to set things straight.

[joe_smith]

no they are not, just a coincidence ????



9 March 2011 just one of many this year as well, coincidence again ???

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12682145

who knows maybe mother earth is telling us something ;)

[Ric]

Eeek :eyepop:

It's the end of the world.... Again ;)

:lol:

[mithrandir]

Must have happened while I wasn't watching. :P

[AstroGuy]

Man, mother earth has been telling us something for ages, people just ain't listening, peace...:)

[AstroGuy]

Yeah, if it's on TV and the newspapers it must be true!!! ;)

Regards...

[AstroGuy]

Hey Ric, choice avatar!

When I first saw it I cracked up!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: very cool...



Regards...

[CraigS]

'Mother Earth' is uncaring, unthinking, unconscious, and about as far away from any aspect of motherhood I can think of …

We are all locked in a battle for survival, make no mistake about that.

To think otherwise, is delusional.

Cheers

[ngcles]

Hi Rod & All,



Very well spotted Rod!

Best,

L.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

For a great "Moonagheddon" book, try "The Cataclysm" ( AKA "The Hopkins Manuscript") by R.C. Sherriff. Originally published in 1939, its surprisingly perspicacious.

[iceman]

Nice article as usual from Dr Tony Phillips (mr SpaceWeather.com).

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/

Are you heading out to see the Full Moon this weekend?

[jjjnettie]

The only thing "scary" about the event is that it might be clouded out.

[Liz]

Shock horror!!! We may have clear skies up here to coincide with Prince Williams visit, ;), so fingers crossed for clear sies, and I have the day off. :D

[mithrandir]

As opposed to here where the amazing thing would be to NOT be clouded out.

[bkm2304]

Is perspicacious contagious?:confused2:

[jjjnettie]

:sadeyes: Make it stop raining.....please

[jenchris]

So we had two Earthquakes in the last week or two - some coincidence huh?

I guess that Lunar tug is a bit more than we guessed - straws and camels backs spring to mind

[astroron]

Talk about clutching at straws:rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Have we had earthquakes everytime the Moon gets close to the Earth:shrug:in it's millions of orbits in the last few billion years or so:question:

[mswhin63]

I think that the plates just had a bit of built energy to release. Just decided to go in one hit, they are too unpredictable to be caused from one event especially when plates are driven mostly from Magma which is in constant motion

[[1ponders]]

wow didn't know the luna tug of gravity from tonight could reach two or three weeks back in time. :confused2:

[jjjnettie]

..

[iceman]

That extra 0.5% tipped it over the edge.. :rolleyes:

[bkm2304]

Well this is an ideal opportunity people! Simply wind back your stellariums, or other ephemerides and find when the last say 30 perigee full moons were, and as two controls, the last 30 apogee full moons and the same number of full moons at a distance between. Then scan the news and match up the disasters to the date, time etc of the various full moons and you will have an answer to the scary problem of apogee full moon disasters. Let's allow a generous 24 hours each side of the full moons to record any disasters. My hypothesis is that there is in fact no difference between the full moon groups in number of earthquakes, tsunamis, flood, plagues, visitations by 4 guys on horses dressed in scary clothes, etc. If anybody actually digs up these figures I'm happy to run some statistical analyses on the data! (We call this the scientific method by the way!).;)

Richard

[shelltree]

:lol:

[ballaratdragons]

Well, it's up and it looks the same as every other Moonrise to me.

I can't notice the 17% increase in angular diameter. :shrug: :P
Maybe I'm not looking hard enough :lol:

My mother-In-Law is arguing that it looks bigger though :lol:
Her: "ooo, yeah, it's a lot bigger"

Me: "Yes, mother dear" :rolleyes:

[Liz]

I agree Ken, not much different to me either, looks smaller if anything. Although I think its is closest to Earth in quite a few hours time. I think.

[ballaratdragons]

Yep, that'll make a difference :lol:

I didn't even bother photographing it.

[Suzy]

All rained in and clouded over here in Brissy so can't see anything. Thanks Liz for posting those beautiful pics.

Ken, your posts crack me up! I love reading them - you are very funny. :lol::lol:

Nettie, your Star Trek pic was prize gold. :lol:

[astroron]

Have the Earth Quakes started yet:question::rolleyes:
Nice pics Liz:)
Ken , Yes mother Dear :lol::lol:
Cheers

[Liz]

Per Stellarium for Townsville, the moon is closest about midnight. Will be sound asleep then, unless the cricket is very exciting with Aus v Pak. :D

[erick]

No earthquakes here...............yet! But full Moon is still many hours away. I think I'll risk it and go to sleep. :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

100% Full Moon is at 5:10 am :thumbsup:

[bartman]

Great quote!!!!!
So true
Bartman

[bartman]

ummm I dont think it looks any closer.....:P
Bartmoon

[ballaratdragons]

:rofl:

[space oddity]

Come on, we all know it is global warming that caused the Japan earthquake/tsunami. With the moon so close, it really is lucky that the earth quake was a week earlier, otherwise it could have been a mag 10 :lol:

[shelltree]

:lol:

I'd also like to include a post from Brian Cox's facebook last night that read:

"So, in short, anyone who thinks the #supermoon will actually do anything to Earth tonight is..... A NOBBER :-)"

:rofl::rofl:

And I also just read an article with the title "What's that rising over the hill? Is it a Moonster?" :P :lol:

I am easily amused :)

[astroron]

I woke up this morning:) at 05.30 No Big Moon as it was raining:sadeyes:
But no Earth quakes either:rolleyes:
What are the Doom Sayers going to say now:question:
Cheers

[gaa_ian]

Yep ... I had a seaside observing session last night for the supermoon.
And to my great surprise there were no Tsunamis, earthquake or Volcanos sprouting up from the Arnhemland coast ......
I did get a few nice photos & will post them as soon as I upload them !
I did manage to get the word out in the mainstream media that, NO ... It will not be the end of the world !
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/03/18/218751_ntnews.html
Doing another follow up interview with ABC radio this morning.
Its funny how people just need a little shred of truth to create a full blown drama ...
Well the tide WAS a little bigger that usual this morning :-)

[jjjnettie]

So did the earth move for anyone last night??

[Liz]

Surprisingly no. :question:

[KenNo2658]

Well, yeah it did, but that had nothing to do with the moon, and I sure ain't gonna take photo's!!;)

Ken

[Rob_K]

Things kept getting in the way, spoiling my view of the Perigee Moon.

Cheers -

[[1ponders]]

:lol:

[shelltree]

:rofl:

[bartman]

Rob.... :)
Bartman

[Octane]

lol, Rob, that is awesome.

H

[Suzy]

:lol: :rofl::rofl:

Rob, that's prize gold - a classic!
Lucky I wasn't drinking anything at the time - it would have all come up through my nose from laughing so hard.

[The_bluester]

I have only seen one artical that made the entire statement "17% bigger than the SMALLEST full moon you can normall see", I.E. 17% bigger than an APOGEE full moon. But then it does not whip up interest to tell the world at large that the perigee full moon will look pretty much like any other.

[FlashDrive]

Yeah .... ! Good one Rob :lol: