Super Blood Moon

[spencer rifle]

I dunno, my Mom is convinced the "supermoon" is HUGE.
Mom: Did you see the SUPERMOON! tonight?
Me: Yea, I guess, I was out looking at other stuff with the scope.
Mom: It was HUGE.
Me: I couldn't tell a difference, honestly.
Mom: what do you mean, it was HUGE!
Me: When did you see it?
Mom: As it was rising.
Me: Oh, it always looks way bigger when down low compared to objects on the horizon.
Mom: No, it was because it's a SUPERMOON. It's huge!
Me: ok, I'll pay better attention next time.......
LOL

Sounds familiar.

where do you do those? sounds interesting. distance learning opportunities???

Only in person at my workplace in Fort Wayne. I'm not ready for distance stuff, and the best part is interacting with the optics and resource directly.

I didn't travel to path of totality for the last solar eclipse.... took my scope to my kids' school so their classes could get a better view (image projected onto iphone to eliminate risk of fried eyes). So only saw about 80% covered.

Next one, the path is almost dead centered over my parent's place in central OH. Have a couple back-up places ID'd as well with friends...

-rvb

Do it. We are all hoping for a clear day.

 

[HoughMade]

I'm sorry if this has already been covered, but when did we sign on to all these names like "Super Blood Moon" and such.

Never heard of any of these until about 4 or 5 years ago.

Heard of plenty of eclipses, full moons, etc., but none of these goofy comic-book names until lately.

I blame Nathan Phillips.

 

[eldirector]

Blood Moons have been a thing for a couple thousand years. So... maybe behind the times a bit?

Looks like it really hit popular culture in 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_moon_prophecy

Kinda syncs with your 4-5 year mark?

 

[HoughMade]

...Looks like it really hit popular culture in 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_moon_prophecy

Kinda syncs with your 4-5 year mark?

John Hagee