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Old 07-05-2012, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post
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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