SuperMoon Comparison by AstronomyMan
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Both pictures taken with an Orion Starshoot CCD camera on an Orion ShortTube 80mm/F5 Telescope.
Comparing the size of March 19th Full moon at Perigee with July 7th, 2007 full moon at apogee. Now you see the difference in size.
Comments (25)
GiMi53
Very interesting upload ! Thanks for sharing ! :~)
Sea_Dog
I agree - excellent information and imagery. Well done.
KnightWolverine
Thanks for taking the time to create and show this information to those of us needing an easy explanation....Most Appreciated!...
thecytron
Xcellent presentation! The "why" this is happening would be good to know!
shayhurs
Well done and a nice capture!
tennesseecowgirl
Excellent work, I was out last night trying to capture the moon, and it was stunning to watch, afraid my pictures didn't quite come out as stunning but it was stll fun to try. Nice work~
Rhanagaz
Fine capture of "the big Moon"! Fine information, too! The astronomers calculations show that the Moon in the pairs youth was much closer to Earth which on the other hand had a much shorter day! But maybe no one would have loved this sight of a much bigger Moon because the tidal forces was enormous that time and very destructive! ;o)
tommorules
Thanks for sharing, we were talking about this at work today.
knupps
Great work. Had fun taking some shots of the moon myself.
Meisiekind
This is spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing this. I saw the moon last night but it was partly cloudy so I didn't even attempt a shot.
jarmila
excellent capture and collage, great job,., here was cloudy I saw nothing
jared99
Fantastic perspective (and nice shots!)
Winterclaw
Nice comparison. BTW, shouldn't that be 28% brighter?
AstronomyMan
EXPLANATIONS The moon orbits the earth in an egg shaped not a circular orbit. So sometimes it is closer to us, sometimes further away. What made this particular moon so special is that we had a FULL moon, as the moon was closest to us. Happens every 18-20 yrs. The brightness of an object decreases with the square of the distance from it. So if the moon is 1.14 (14%) closer to us it is 1.14*1.14 = 1.299 times brighter. So 29.9% brighter. I rounded up to 30% because I had run out of decimal points in my graphics program...... (laughing)
danob
Nice work! Bravo
Hubert
Great comparison, nicely depicted!
prae
There's nothing more beautiful than the full moon.
LBAMagic
Nice presentation.
whaleman
I find this extremely interesting. I had no idea the difference in distance was so great, or its effects so significant. I'll pay more attention to this in future since I'm always trying to get a good Moon shot. Thanks!
prutzworks
cool astrophotography great collage
NefariousDrO
That is too cool! I'm so impressed with this, you've done a great job of explaining, and showing, what so many media-folks have done a very poor job of doing. I'm even more impressed that you can shoot these images of this quality yourself, that's so cool!
bmac62
First class...thanks for the comparison. This makes the whole subject come to life.
joaq
Very good work here!Thanks for your explanations!!!
Richardphotos
outstanding captures and comparison
Darren666
Wow! Imagine How Much Money NASA Would Save On Fuel If They Sent A Rocket To The Moon On March 19th 2011... Instead Of July 7th 2009. So Many Of Your Images Would Make Great Back Grounds For Any Space Renders, Fantastic Images. ;~)