Rare "Super Moon" tomorrow evening

Rocker

From the RTE website:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1113/831437-super-moon-ireland/

Worth looking out for.

fretmeister

The whole "supermoon" thing is bollocks.

It is roughly 17,000 miles closer than average.

Or to put that in perspective, about 7% closer than usual.

Yes it will be a bit brighter, and if seen low in the sky it will look bigger compared to land based comparators.

But that's it.

The press build this up as if the moon was doing a low level flypast like a fighter plane.

Bridgehouse

The press build this up as if the moon was doing a low level flypast like a fighter plane.

If the moon does a low level flypast over my house then I'm going to get the sandbags out cos I'd be more concerned by the flooding!

Ravenous

Yep, while I like these things are a good excuse for the press people to write about astronomical topics, the actual difference in size is not something you'd notice unless you had a way to actually measure it.

If you took zoomed photos of the full moon each month, for example, you would notice a bit of a difference in the pictures.  But not that much.

capo4th

How does it compare to the original Supermoon and the Supermoon Chrome? 

not_the_dj

Bunch of spoil sports. The moon is awesome and anything that gets the general public interested in something that doesn't invole elections or competitive cooking is fine by me. 

"I feel the pull, I see the light, there's a super moon looking down on me tonight."

Ravenous

Hey I'm no spoilsport. I'm a looney!  Shall we all howl along together?

AAAROOOOO!

Ravenous

capo4th said:

How does it compare to the original Supermoon and the Supermoon Chrome? 

It has to be rebooted every 29.5 days.

Emp_Fab

Does this mean everyone is going to be extra fucking mental ?  I firmly believe in the full moon having an effect on people.  The police notice it too.

Teetonetal

Emp_Fab said:

Does this mean everyone is going to be extra fucking mental ?  I firmly believe in the full moon having an effect on people.  The police notice it too.

Judging by your recent threads, some people already have!

DiscoStu

Supermoon?
I'll have the soup, thanks.

Flanging_Fred

Im looking forward to seeing the slightly more common SuperCloud covering it all up tonight.

Ravenous

Flanging_Fred said:

Im looking forward to seeing the slightly more common SuperCloud covering it all up tonight.

Yup sadly, it's likely to be cloud or fog for most of us tonight.  Harumph.

Whitecat

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/13/supermoon-hype-mars-venus-convergence-starwatch

This is much more interesting anyway - https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/SUPERMOON/reverb-pedals/mr-black-supermoon-reverb-pedal ;

paul_c2

If something bad happens tonight, does that mean that the sunshine, the boogie and the good times are in the clear?

axisus

I thought that Supermoon was Clark Kent accidentally exposing his arse whilst changing in an uncomfortably small telephone box

sev112

Super Bark at the Super Moon

RandallFlagg

Ravenous said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Im looking forward to seeing the slightly more common SuperCloud covering it all up tonight.

Yup sadly, it's likely to be cloud or fog for most of us tonight.  Harumph.

Yep, cloudy as areseholes here tonight

capo4th

After some A/Bing this evening the Neunaber stereo wet is my preferred reverb.

xSkarloey

RandallFlagg said:

Ravenous said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Im looking forward to seeing the slightly more common SuperCloud covering it all up tonight.

Yup sadly, it's likely to be cloud or fog for most of us tonight.  Harumph.

Yep, cloudy as areseholes here tonight

Bloody weather. 

Rocker

It is on tomorrow night guys!