Should give camera-buffs an opportunity for some nice shots over Luxor monuments.
See BY for more precise info
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Otherwise colloquially known as "supermoon"....tonight .
Should give camera-buffs an opportunity for some nice shots over Luxor monuments.
See BY for more precise info
Should give camera-buffs an opportunity for some nice shots over Luxor monuments.
See BY for more precise info
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Re: Perigee-syzygy
I have seen some lovely photographs taken from around the world but mainly UK last night. I tried to take some and failed miserably. Think I need to invest in a tripod!
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Re: Perigee-syzygy
In reality, that the moon is 15% or so larger than when it's at its minimum, is barely perceptible to the naked eye.
I usually try to catch it rising out of the sea in Hurghada...when it can look dramatically bigger as a result of an optical illusion.
I usually try to catch it rising out of the sea in Hurghada...when it can look dramatically bigger as a result of an optical illusion.
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Re: Perigee-syzygy
... or being half p*****.newcastle wrote:In reality, that the moon is 15% or so larger than when it's at its minimum, is barely perceptible to the naked eye.
I usually try to catch it rising out of the sea in Hurghada...when it can look dramatically bigger as a result of an optical illusion.
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Re: Perigee-syzygy
When the moon is near the horizon it appears larger because we have known objects nearby which aid comparison. It also appears slightly flattened due to refraction in the atmosphere, and darker through being seen through a thicker layer of atmosphere. From somewhere in the Blue Sky area it will appear over Luxor, but pollution will reduce the quality of the view. I think that a good view will be from one of the small cafes near the Colossi of Memnon. Some clear archaeology, a low skyline over cultivation ...
As apogee is at 1323, Luxor time, the moon will be 4 hours past full when it rises. This is the largest Supermoon so far in my lifetime, discounting the one in 1948 when I was but a few months old and living in smoggy Central London.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what- ... -in-70-ye/
Observers on the moon will of course witness the equivalent Superearth.
As apogee is at 1323, Luxor time, the moon will be 4 hours past full when it rises. This is the largest Supermoon so far in my lifetime, discounting the one in 1948 when I was but a few months old and living in smoggy Central London.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what- ... -in-70-ye/
Observers on the moon will of course witness the equivalent Superearth.