shropshire lad Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Hope someone can help ... trying to find out what proportion of the sky is this covering ... in the image below would the full moon cover the inner circle or even the outer one. You see I dont understand seconds and min of arc, degrees but I do know what size the moon is in the sky. Hope this is not a daft question . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 You could fit more than two full moons inside inner circle (by diameter or 4 if you want to cover the surface) - this means that distance between Polaris and NCP is slightly larger than a full moon - about 1/3 larger than the moon itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shropshire lad Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, vlaiv said: You could fit more than two full moons inside inner circle (by diameter or 4 if you want to cover the surface) - this means that distance between Polaris and NCP is slightly larger than a full moon - about 1/3 larger than the moon itself. Ah... Thank you .. I can relate to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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