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2013 Third Supermoon Tonight

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:34 am
by J-HALEY
It was a Beauty for those that could see it! We call it down south a "Bad Moon Arising" It will be just as magnificent in the morning!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:43 am
by Hayden King
Oh you mean the super rare "you'll never see another like this one", like the other 3 of the last 18 months? :roll:

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:51 am
by J-HALEY
Hayden King wrote:Oh you mean the super rare "you'll never see another like this one", like the other 3 of the last 18 months? :roll:

Well thanks mr. king for your brilliance! You are certainly a legend in YOUR mind! :roll: Just sayin brother it was a beautiful moonrise. But your super intelligence showed me (now roll another joint) and get to your point! :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:19 pm
by Paleopete
The one you'll never see again was May 5 last year. Next one like that will be over 10,000 years from now. I got pictures that night...

Other than that we have a couple every year that are closer than usual, like the one last month. Usually all called super moons.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:46 pm
by gbheil
I get a super moon every morning. :oops: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:42 pm
by J-HALEY
:lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:57 pm
by MikeTalbot
We got our daily thunderstorm just after dark so I didn't get to see it.

sigh...


Talbot

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:03 pm
by jw123
It was beautiful in my neck of the woods! I didnt know it was a super moon?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:08 pm
by J-HALEY
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquin ... 45145.html

Above is a site I referenced last night.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:44 pm
by Starfish Scott
She bent over and that's when we saw the super moon.

(Damn that butt is big) lol

PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:19 am
by neanderpaul
It was beautiful!

PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:21 pm
by jimmydanger
I had my telescope out last night, there was some wind but it was a decent night otherwise; I checked out the moon, Albireo in Cygnus and a few other things. I can't wait for the comet this fall.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:27 pm
by gbheil
jimmydanger wrote:I had my telescope out last night, there was some wind but it was a decent night otherwise; I checked out the moon, Albireo in Cygnus and a few other things. I can't wait for the comet this fall.



I'd lay for hours with my old WWI field glasses balanced on a stick examining he moon when I was in my early teens.
I opted for a microscope instead of a telescope one special Christmas when there was some extra cash in the family coffers for such.
My kids had one an aunt bought them ( telescope ) it was a lot of fun too.
Love to have one, though I would prefer just a very high quality spotting scope. But dayum, that stuff is pricy . . .

PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:09 pm
by jimmydanger
I've always had telescopes from when I was little. My current scope is a big old Meade reflector. It's a pain to move around but we used it to watch the Shoemaker-Levy comet hit Jupiter back in 1994 and comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:45 pm
by MikeTalbot
Thanks Scott - for putting that damn song in my head:

"Big Bottom
going out of my mind
I just can't leave that behind!"

Talbot