Large Moon Tonight

[Tinker1947]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/05/supermoon-lunar-close-pass?newsfeed=true

[MadAlbert]

I read somewhere it's called a 'Mega Moon'. Something to do with full moon and perigee; occurs every 414 days, apparently. Wish I knew where I saw this!

[SFlowers]

The first break in the clouds for about 3 weeks and we get a super moon, typical!

[sanmatt]

And yup, I think tonight is a silly night for me to try galaxy imaging

[estwing]

i heard it was the closest its been for about 70yrs?????????

[tich]

By the look of the cloud here it looks unlikely that I'll be out tonight with mine so I've just ripped the mount apart & started greasing everything up & adjusting up the backlash in all the gears. While I've been testing mine I've noticed on the handset the last time I used the scope was on the 4th of April. Talk about withdrawal symptoms!!! I quite fancied having a go at making up a lunar mosaic too...............

I think it's about time they lifted the hosepipe ban so we can have some clear skies back again

[sanmatt]

i heard it was the closest its been for about 70yrs?????????

Really? I read somewhere it was perigee in January also?

[cook478]

HI guys i have try to take a pic of moon last night 4/5/12 taken with my dig cam and skywatcher 150p

[Domis]

Yep,one clear night coming up tommorrow night after 9 days of clouds and rain and hello "supermoon". How in the world did I get addicted to this hobby? No wonder my wife thinks I'm totally out of my mind! HAHA. Maybe I need a couple of hours on a black leather couch with a qualified professional.

[Peter Drew]

Without the media cover, I bet nobody outside the amateur astronomy community would have noticed.

[Naemeth]

Forecast of cloud here, super or not supermoon won't be able to shine through that!

[sanmatt]

Without the media cover, I bet nobody outside the amateur astronomy community would have noticed.

My buddies have been sending me messages asking what impact it will have on the Earth and its people!!

Sigh

[Astro-Nova]

probably too many clouds so Ill miss it

[c3po]

And yup, I think tonight is a silly night for me to try galaxy imaging

agreed...galaxy AP is probably a no-no for tonight....but what about a mega moon mosaic !!

[sanmatt]

agreed...galaxy AP is probably a no-no for tonight....but what about a mega moon mosaic !!

It started raining now Si

I dont know how to do a mosaic anyway.

wanna buy a scope *sigh*

[c3po]

I dont know how to do a mosaic anyway.

seems easy enough. just do loads of pictures of different parts of the moon (or any other area) and stitch them together in Photoshop....