Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Its 30.000 miles closer tonight,you may not live long enough to see it again,Have a look,pictures from all parts of the country would be nice.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Its 30.000 miles closer tonight,you may not live long enough to see it again,Have a look,pictures from all parts of the country would be nice.:-D Just gone outside.......and its damn cold. Moon does not look any closer than normal :confused: Is this one of your jokes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) I didnt say it looked closer i said it was closer.No joke tomorrow will be at its closest. wheres your picture.?Closest since March 8 1993,not to be seen again till Nov 14 2016. How do i know this ,i have a Celestron Nextstar electronic Telescope,it has all this imfo in it,i am tracking it now,look mum no hands.Just another one of my many and diverse interests:rofl:Tomorrow 9.48pm it will be less than 222.000 miles away. Edited December 11, 2008 by catweazle (Banned Member) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thought it was getting further away by 30mm a year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 i have a Celestron Nextstar electronic Telescope Well CW, lets see your photo, it will be more impresive than my digi camera :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thought it was getting further away by 30mm a year? No metric measurements please :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Sorry, my 250,000 mile steel rule is actually only in metric. My wood imperial one is only 200,000 miles long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Sorry, my 250,000 mile steel rule is actually only in metric :rofl::rofl::rofl:Thats interesting the miles are imperial and the little bits are metric so you lied.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 The 250,000 mile length was only an approximate guess as I can't see the end to tell you what it is in kilometres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I'm guessing that what this thread is all about is that while the moon is moving further away all the time, there is a slow eliptical variation to its orbit, and tomorrow is its closest encounter for some time?? Would that be a good guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thought it was getting further away by 30mm a year? Steve - I thought it was 29.98mm a year:??? - now going outside for a look.. :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Thats the general idea mate ,if its clear tomorrow i will try and get some pics thro the telescope,the problem is vibration from the buses etc,you dont notice it till you look thro a scope at high magnification plus tracking it as well.Its not just that its at its closest its a full moon as well.cw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Steve - I thought it was 29.98mm a year:??? - now going outside for a look..and to take a picture :coffee: :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Full moon? So how much does it take to fill it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Also been watching Venus and Jupiter for the last week or so. Wish I still had access to the telescope at South Tyneside College. I knew the astronomer/lecturer who worked there until she retired. That was large enough to clearly see the 'big four' around Jupiter. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hang on - just taken some pictures........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Full moon? So how much does it take to fill it? To answer that i would recomend you read Larousse pocket guide asronomy:n00b::-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Also been watching Venus and Jupiter for the last week or so. Wish I still had access to the telescope at South Tyneside College. I knew the astronomer/lecturer who worked there until she retired. That was large enough to clearly see the 'big four' around Jupiter. Steve Never had the oppertunity mate,Trouble is mostly cloudy here.or i am rocking about on the boat, i am collecting lenses etc ready for retirement.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Here we go It looked closer than that when I looked a bit earlier.............still I suppose Dorset is further away :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I wish I could join in, but I sent my Digi SLR away for a service. It's recently clocked 32,500 images taken since I got it in May 2006. I guess the Moon won't have got too far away by the time I get it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 :cool2:Well done Jack,i like the tastefully arranged twig ,just to give it a bit of perspective,is that dust on the lense or are they planets,thats london /dorset any more.:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I wish I could join in, but I sent my Digi SLR away for a service. It's recently clocked 32,500 images taken since I got it in May 2006. I guess the Moon won't have got too far away by the time I get it back! Thats a huge amount of images,just imagine that in 35mm film,i wish it had been about on my africa trip.Come a long way from the old Zenit E and spotmatic.:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 No moon here, it must be shy and all you silly b.....s taking photos of it has scared it off.:nono::argh::-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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