"Blue" Moon

[Ingo]

Apparently we were supposed to have a blue moon tonight, I guess it wasn't so "blue".

Anyways, here's the picture. How can I submit to APOD?

http://www.topicify.com/bluemoon.png

Didn't want to post it here because the quality would decrease by 100x

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Ingo

Didn't want to post it here because the quality would decrease by 100x

Ingo I've taken the liberty to convert your image from the 582kb PNG file to a 149kb jpg (which is the max IIS allows).
I don't think there's a difference in quality at all.

In your PNG image, you haven't flattened the layers so the file is just bigger.

[Ingo]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

Ingo I've taken the liberty to convert your image from the 582kb PNG file to a 149kb jpg (which is the max IIS allows).
I don't think there's a difference in quality at all.

In your PNG image, you haven't flattened the layers so the file is just bigger.

Thank you

[RB (Andrew)]

Oh and info on submissions to APOD is on this page.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html

Cheers

[acropolite (Phil)]

Originally Posted by Ingo

Apparently we were supposed to have a blue moon tonight, I guess it wasn't so "blue".

The term "Blue moon" has nothing to do with colour and everything to do with timing.

According to the popular definition, it is the second Full Moon to occur in a single calendar month.
The average interval between Full Moons is about 29.5 days, whilst the length of an average month is roughly 30.5 days. This makes it very unlikely that any given month will contain two Full Moons, though it does sometimes happen. On average, there will be 41 months that have two Full Moons in every century, so you could say that once in a Blue Moon actually means once every two-and-a-half years.

[Sinus Iridum]

Originally Posted by acropolite

The term "Blue moon" has nothing to do with colour and everything to do with timing.

According to the popular definition, it is the second Full Moon to occur in a single calendar month.

According to the following two Sky & Telescope articles the definition is fairly recent, with Sky & Telescope itself contributing to the establishment of this recent bit of "folklore".

See -

What's a Blue Moon?
by Roger W. Sinnott, Donald W. Olson, and Richard Tresch Fienberg

Once in a Blue Moon
by Philip Hiscock

Jon

[Ingo]

Hey guys, I think I got on APOD. If you look at tomorrows picture, it says "Moon Pointer"

Moon + Laser Pointer.

[Ingo]

Ok, nevermind, I didn't make it.