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De58te wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:23 am I am thinking do they have a drought this/last year in India? Because to undertake such a project over an entire year with the same camera and location has to rely on pure luck. A full moon only lasts for some 10 to 12 hours in the night each month, and that it works out there is not any obscuring clouds covering the Moon is a lucky happenstance. Where I live near Lake Ontario, I know we had clear skies in December for the full Moon since I looked out a window at it. But the November full Moon was obscured by clouds the entire night and was not visible since we were having a rain storm. (Possibly some other full Moons earlier in the year might have been affected, but I had no reason to make a note of it.)

JohnD wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:15 pm I usually think of La Nina as a southern Hemisphere phenomenon, so I am educated by referring to its effect on India. But when I looked it up, all the sites say that a strong La Nina means a cooler winter and MORE rainfall in India.


That apart from the apparent diameter of the Moon, each full is identical to the next, which demonstrates why the fanciful and allegedly historical names attached to each are nonense and have no place on an astronomical site. Boring I know, but should be said. Great achievement to take all twelve so clearly!
John

De58te wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:23 am I am thinking do they have a drought this/last year in India? Because to undertake such a project over an entire year with the same camera and location has to rely on pure luck. A full moon only lasts for some 10 to 12 hours in the night each month, and that it works out there is not any obscuring clouds covering the Moon is a lucky happenstance. Where I live near Lake Ontario, I know we had clear skies in December for the full Moon since I looked out a window at it. But the November full Moon was obscured by clouds the entire night and was not visible since we were having a rain storm. (Possibly some other full Moons earlier in the year might have been affected, but I had no reason to make a note of it.)

JohnD wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:56 pm Oh, come on, Chris! You know how many objects are designated YTFJH L-54765 or something. The Moon is the Moon, Saturn is Saturn, but we don't use "Thin Saturn" or "Fat Saturn" as it displays its' rings at different angles. https://earthsky.org/upl/2018/05/Saturnoppositions.jpg

Venus may be a "Morning Star" or an "Evening Star" for thoroughly practical reasons. No primitive people would have attributed the growth of a deer's antlers to make it a "Buck Moon", and to call a December full Moon as the "Cold Moon" has to the result of a desperate struggle to find some thing or event to call it by. All these names are modern constructs, born of a wishful romanticism, as pompous and condescending as to refer to the "Noble Savage".

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:59 pm

De58te wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:23 am
I am thinking do they have a drought this/last year in India? Because to undertake such a project over an entire year with the same camera and location has to rely on pure luck. A full moon only lasts for some 10 to 12 hours in the night each month, and that it works out there is not any obscuring clouds covering the Moon is a lucky happenstance. Where I live near Lake Ontario, I know we had clear skies in December for the full Moon since I looked out a window at it. But the November full Moon was obscured by clouds the entire night and was not visible since we were having a rain storm. (Possibly some other full Moons earlier in the year might have been affected, but I had no reason to make a note of it.)

Depends on location, too. I could embark on this project from here in Colorado and the odds would be in my favor. It is rare that I miss seeing a full Moon.

• Colorado vs. Kolkata (i.e., Calcutta)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata#Rainfall[/quote wrote:
<<Rains brought by the Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west summer monsoon lash Kolkata between June and September, supplying it with most of its annual rainfall of about 1,850 mm (73 in). The highest monthly rainfall total occurs in July and August. In these months often incessant rain for days brings life to a stall for the city dwellers. The city receives 2,107 hours (~175 half days) of sunshine per year, with maximum sunlight exposure occurring in April.>>

XgeoX wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:35 am I want to wish a happy new year to all the posters here, you are good company and have taught me much. In particular I would like to thank…

Ann, I truly appreciate all the tremendous work you put into your posts. They are beautiful and informative, I have learned much from them. Thank You!

Orin, not only are your posts illustrative and informative but you also share my love of the kitties. The photos you find always leave me smiling. Thanks for your kind easygoing nature.

Nuefer, you always bring a lot to the conversations with your varied posts. I always knew I would like your input when I saw your picture… “What, me worry?”

Johnnydeep, I notice you always have interesting questions and points about the discussion at hand. I appreciate your high quality input!

And last but certainly not least… Chris Peterson! I really appreciate have your expertise and experience to tap into. It’s nice having a real professional in here to goto. You are kind of like Mr. Spock on our bridge! Seriously though I have learned so much from you. Thank You!

There are too many to go on listing but I find this board to be the most rewarding one I have ever been in. Thanks for putting up with my sometimes ignorant input and helping me learn new things every day…

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
...
Eric

XgeoX wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:35 am I want to wish a happy new year to all the posters here, you are good company and have taught me much. In particular I would like to thank…

Ann, I truly appreciate all the tremendous work you put into your posts. They are beautiful and informative, I have learned much from them. Thank You!

Orin, not only are your posts illustrative and informative but you also share my love of the kitties. The photos you find always leave me smiling. Thanks for your kind easygoing nature.

Nuefer, you always bring a lot to the conversations with your varied posts. I always knew I would like your input when I saw your picture… “What, me worry?”

Johnnydeep, I notice you always have interesting questions and points about the discussion at hand. I appreciate your high quality input!

And last but certainly not least… Chris Peterson! I really appreciate have your expertise and experience to tap into. It’s nice having a real professional in here to goto. You are kind of like Mr. Spock on our bridge! Seriously though I have learned so much from you. Thank You!

There are too many to go on listing but I find this board to be the most rewarding one I have ever been in. Thanks for putting up with my sometimes ignorant input and helping me learn new things every day…

Eric

XgeoX wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:35 am I want to wish a happy new year to all the posters here, you are good company and have taught me much. In particular I would like to thank…

Ann, I truly appreciate all the tremendous work you put into your posts. They are beautiful and informative, I have learned much from them. Thank You!

Orin, not only are your posts illustrative and informative but you also share my love of the kitties. The photos you find always leave me smiling. Thanks for your kind easygoing nature.

Nuefer, you always bring a lot to the conversations with your varied posts. I always knew I would like your input when I saw your picture… “What, me worry?”

Johnnydeep, I notice you always have interesting questions and points about the discussion at hand. I appreciate your high quality input!

And last but certainly not least… Chris Peterson! I really appreciate have your expertise and experience to tap into. It’s nice having a real professional in here to goto. You are kind of like Mr. Spock on our bridge! Seriously though I have learned so much from you. Thank You!

There are too many to go on listing but I find this board to be the most rewarding one I have ever been in. Thanks for putting up with my sometimes ignorant input and helping me learn new things every day…

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?

Chorus:

For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

...

Eric