Tonights Super Moon !

[bikeboynate]

Here's my closeup of the moon over my city.

Supermoon Over Fremont by NMB.Photography, on Flickr

If you haven't seen my moonrise shot of the supermoon over the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco at the Marin Headlands

Super Moonrise by NMB.Photography, on Flickr

[Ricardo222]

Originally Posted by bikeboynate

Awesome shots! You guys have some nice clean air down in NZ. The moon up here in California was incredibly red when it first came out, and haze basically inhibited us from seeing it actually pop up from the Bay Area mountain ranges.

Thank you for the comments. Yes, we do have clean air but also the risk of moisture haze and clouds sometimes so we were lucky that night.

[Celestron]

Originally Posted by Ricardo222

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Not me. I've been watching the heavens for too long to be mislead by media hype! Enough that it was a once a year event that took me out with my camera to photograph it....not because of any wild expectation, but for the sheer pleasure in doing so. Nothing else was needed!

I agree with , if the chance to image is there just do it ! Never know how great an experience it will be until you have already done it . I'll probably miss the annular eclipse coming may 20th but i definitely will not miss the Venus transit June 5-6 , 2012 !!

[bikeboynate]

Originally Posted by samsen

Because moon was a tiny amount of distance closer too earth and then the propaganda about how big it is, I guess the expectation factor totally killed the event. Who else thinks like me?

Propaganda? All the news channels I watched accurately stated that the moon would only be from 20-30% brighter and 15-20% larger. Not that's not that big when it's completely dark and really high in the sky, but when it was on the horizon it was noticeably larger than usual. Anyone who thought that the moon would fill up their viewfinder at 200mm were either misinformed or fantastically hopeful. From what I saw with the 1,000 + people who were at my location, most were happy to see a larger than usual moonrise.

[Celestron]

Originally Posted by woogiekids

Here's mine. My tripod was lent out, so handheld it was!

You certainly did a good job handholding the camera ! Very nice !

[SteveInNZ]

Originally Posted by bikeboynate

All the news channels I watched accurately stated that the moon would only be from 20-30% brighter and 15-20% larger.

[bikeboynate]

Originally Posted by SteveInNZ

What? From what I've read that's quite accurate depending on your location on the earth.

Edit* From the Guardian UK.

Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society, told the BBC that although the phenomenon makes the moon appear 30% brighter, it is the apparent 14% increase in size, as it comes within 221,457 miles of the Earth, that is most striking.

[scorpio_e]

Originally Posted by hairy_moth

Here are a few from NJ:

Did you catch that in a am? Central NJ near the coast was all cloudy around 8pm

[Celestron]

Originally Posted by bikeboynate

What? From what I've read that's quite accurate depending on your location on the earth.

Edit* From the Guardian UK.

Heres you a backup resource :

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...may_supermoon/

[RonA18]

I didn't get any detail of the moon, but I still sort of like it.

[bikeboynate]

Originally Posted by RonA18

I didn't get any detail of the moon, but I still sort of like it.

Photoshop a different closeup onto it.

I'm about to post one like that.

[SteveInNZ]

Excuse my math but when was 14% "accurately" between 15% and 20% ?

[bikeboynate]

Originally Posted by SteveInNZ

Excuse my math but when was 14% "accurately" between 15% and 20% ?

Well if you're that critical about the media then don't watch or read what they say. So some reporters rounded up. Not that big of a deal.

Edit* and when they said between 15-20% they were referring to all supermoons, not just this one.

[Ricardo222]

Originally Posted by SteveInNZ

Excuse my math but when was 14% "accurately" between 15% and 20% ?

It's a northern hemisphere thing, Steve.

[hairy_moth]

Originally Posted by scorpio_e

Did you catch that in a am? Central NJ near the coast was all cloudy around 8pm

No, that was taken a few minutes after 9:00 PM last night (May 7) at moon rise. The location was about 15 miles WNW of lower Manhattan. It was cloudy here on May 6, and on May 7, it was mostly clear, but certainly less than ideal for a 15 mile shot of a skyline.