A supermoon and normal moon comparison

[Greg Bock (Greg Bock)]

HI all,
Just to put some perspective on the subject,here's a comparison of the Supermoon of June 23 2013 at 358,000 km, with a 'normal' moon taken on 4 th March, 2007 at 403,000km.
In this case, it shows the 'Supermoon' diameter at 11% larger than the 'normal' moon.

I took both images with the same scope,an Intes MN61 with a 6" mirror at F6.
The 2007 image was taken with my 350D,and the 2013 image was taken with my 450D.
Since the cameras have different sized pixels, I adjusted one to match the pixel size of the other.

I hope you enjoy it.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

very nice comparison Greg.

[Phoenix (Steve)]

Yep, nice work - like it.

Cheers
Steve

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Great comparison images Greg.
We'll have to pull them out next "super" Moon.

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice work Greg. That looks like 20% almost at a quick glance. Certainly enough of a difference to seem a bit bigger in the sky by eye you'd expect.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

That shows the comparison nicely, Greg.

Cheers,
Stephen

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool. Bigger difference than what I thought.

[Greg Bock (Greg Bock)]

thx all, i checked the diameters on both images, and yup, 11%.