Can’t tell ope!
Fascinating to see the moon “gyrate” so that we see quite a bit of “the other side.” It’s beautful - I wish it were a bit slower though.
Steve
To quote the late John Denver:
“Far out!” ![]()
Great picture. Denny to you participate in a program that asks people who see a new moon, to report it, giving all the particulars of when they observed it. I remember reading of such a program.
MarkB
I don’t see anything. What am I supposed to be looking at?
Slan,
D.
why doesn’t that big ball ever fall down?
with the way it’s moving, it looks like the definition of a Moon Dance
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By the way, Denny, I love these pictures that you’ve been posting. ![]()
This time of year we are lucky to see a full moon! ![]()
Certainly puts a different spin on it. <gack! … cough, cough!>
djm
That really is going fast
. The wobble seems a little worrisome.
If anyone here is interested in doing their bit for astronomy, you might be interested in this website:
http://clickworkers.arc.nasa.gov/top
They are studying tasks, such as marking craters, which might be able to be done by careful volunteers, thus releasing highly trained people to do things other people can’t do. I think there isn’t a real project going at the moment, but you can still do some things and a new project is going to be starting apparently. I did it for awhile and it was really sort of fun. You can learn as much as you want.
It does, but by the time it arrives, it has overshot its mark.
Your comment belies the gravity of the situation. ![]()
djm
(Thread turns heavy in that inevitable way
): Are you saying that the moon is in free-fall? If so, is the earth in free-fall too to an observer on the moon? I thought the earth and moon were a system with a common centre of gravity…
Steve (biologist…)
I thought the earth and moon were a system with a common centre of gravity…
I don’t believe Earth has actually decided to purchase this moon - just taking it out for a spin … <oof! yack! cough!>
djm
I seem to recall that the moon is gradually moving farther away from the earth (fortunately).
Tony
