You may have heard on the radio or weather channel about this weekend's "Super Moon". As much as I love the idea of generating excitement about looking up at night, this is an annual overblown event. Really no harm in it, except that some people may go outside, see the moon and think...that's it? It's pretty hard to tell how larger or smaller the moon is, unless we had another moon to compare it against. Unfortunately, we don't live on Tatooine, so we only have a single moon to view at any given time. Sky and Telescope has a pretty good explanation here...
Super Moon Myth
Now, having said all that, I have to admit I'm going to set up the telescope tonight and see what I can see! I don't want to miss the super moon!!!
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