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Re: APOD: Full Moon in Earth's Shadow (2015 Apr 08)
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:54 pm
by FloridaMike
This has been some fascinating reading but invokes the image of priest tittering over tea leaves. HA!
I think the solution is to have categories of "Partial", "Total" and "Too close to call".
Re: APOD: Full Moon in Earth's Shadow (2015 Apr 08)
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:26 pm
by Ron-Astro Pharmacist
Shadows do some interesting things.
http://www.gfycat.com/TenseSlowDungenesscrab
The spooky shadow effect is discussed in May's Astronomy.
http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/steph ... dow-effect
Trying to find some information about it is a little too difficult for me….
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/earth-sun/6624
… because I don't remember this from the third grade.
