Hello, Yes, I care a great deal.
It is a celestial object with it’s own undiminished wonders, of varying phases and proximity just like of some planets, but with features we can see and some did touch.
Friends and I watched a supermoon rising from behind the waters off the Qld coast and it was large, extra orange gold, and a beautiful sight to us. To observers who see them quite rightly as somewhat special, let us not diminish their impression and appreciation which would be like saying to people back from a holiday: oh that’s nothing, I’ve been there, I’ve seen bigger and better, I‘m cleverer…
This illustration
http://earthsky.org/?p=190918 is interesting, I think. If ‘only’ 14% bigger (
in what?? diameter? 30% in area? compared to when? -apparently to when it’s furthest; even these are points for discussion), it is not necessarily insignificant. Even if something is or is not, what each sees, or is interested to see, is in the eye of the beholder to be respected. I think people’s *interest* in the universe is significant.
Interested enquirer: Supermoon! Can we view it here? Is there a viewing session?
Experienced persons: There’s nothing to see… It’s… it’s only… What people don’t realise…
Have we not killed that interest and enthusiasm? Some enquirers already know the facts too but are keen to observe, and to experience things for themselves.
While joining in with others’ appreciation, as Malcolm and Eric and maybe others said and I agree it presents an opportunity to converse, two-ways, with any interested persons about some noteworthy information and ideas. To me, no such natural light is ever a light pollution (unless it fries us). It’s up to us to think up how best to treasure it. And if we carry some name of ‘- - astronomer’ or related, in my opinion we also carry the duty of care, for others we influence, support and occasionally inspire.
Cheers and to Supermoon
Sol