APOD: Micro Moon over Super Moon (2014 Jan 21)

[geckzilla]

They called him crazy Anthony. He put a lazy boy on some contraption he called a wedge and strapped himself in at night to look at the stars.

[Nitpicker]

The lazy boy solution is not for me. I need the exercise. I like my astro-pilates. (Although it is harder to drink beer [one needs to keep hydrated] whilst bending over backwards in the southern hemisphere.)

[Nitpicker]

Here is another excellent picture from Wikipedia, comparing the apparent sizes of various solar system objects:


To get a true representation of the sizes, view the image at a distance of ~100 times the width of the Moon as it appears on your screen.

[MarkBour]

Excellent chart!