|
|
| (8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| | __NOTOC__ | | __NOTOC__ |
| | =Selenestice= | | =Selenestice= |
| | + | <!-- Start of content --> |
| | + | <div class="post" id="post-566"> |
| | | | |
| − |
| + | <div class="storycontent"> |
| − | <div class="post" id="post-566">
| + | <p>[[File:Lunar_scenic_major_standstill_LPOD60903_25pct-1.jpg|lunar_scenic_major_standstill_LPOD60903_25pct-1.jpg]]<br /> |
| − |
| |
| − | <div class="storycontent"> | |
| − | <p>[[File:Lunar_scenic_major_standstill_LPOD60903_25pct-1.jpg|lunar_scenic_major_standstill_LPOD60903_25pct-1.jpg]]<br /> | |
| | <em>images by [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis ]</em></p> | | <em>images by [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis ]</em></p> |
| | <p>The Sun’s rising point moves northward from winter toward summer, finally reaching its maximum point north at the summer solstice. The word <em>solstice</em> means <em>standstill of the Sun</em>, which reflects the fact that it stops moving north before starting to return south. The Moon goes through similar but more convoluted motions, but still reaches a [http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html standstill], which I, mingling Greek and Latin, here call Selenestice. Anthony, the magnificent imager of sky extremes, has captured the selenestice of September 2006, which is the greatest amount that Moon moves north (28.2° for Anthony’s location). The three images show the view eastward - can you tell it is one continuous landscape seen under different lighting - with north to the left. The left image is a series of exposures every 5 minute of Moonrise on September 15 when the Moon reached a maximum of +28 degrees above the ecliptic - a major lunar standstill. The similar right image was two weeks earlier when the Moon rose far to the south and reached only -29 degrees, and the center is Sunrise. The Moon in two weeks mimics - and exceeds - the yearlong [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Sunrise-Seas.htm range] of rising and setting of the Sun. And do you notice that both the Sun standtill images and the lunar ones have the same background?</p> | | <p>The Sun’s rising point moves northward from winter toward summer, finally reaching its maximum point north at the summer solstice. The word <em>solstice</em> means <em>standstill of the Sun</em>, which reflects the fact that it stops moving north before starting to return south. The Moon goes through similar but more convoluted motions, but still reaches a [http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html standstill], which I, mingling Greek and Latin, here call Selenestice. Anthony, the magnificent imager of sky extremes, has captured the selenestice of September 2006, which is the greatest amount that Moon moves north (28.2° for Anthony’s location). The three images show the view eastward - can you tell it is one continuous landscape seen under different lighting - with north to the left. The left image is a series of exposures every 5 minute of Moonrise on September 15 when the Moon reached a maximum of +28 degrees above the ecliptic - a major lunar standstill. The similar right image was two weeks earlier when the Moon rose far to the south and reached only -29 degrees, and the center is Sunrise. The Moon in two weeks mimics - and exceeds - the yearlong [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Sunrise-Seas.htm range] of rising and setting of the Sun. And do you notice that both the Sun standtill images and the lunar ones have the same background?</p> |
| Line 14: |
Line 13: |
| | <div align="left"><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> | | <div align="left"><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> |
| | [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Major-Standstill-2006.htm More information from Anthony]</div> | | [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Major-Standstill-2006.htm More information from Anthony]</div> |
| − | <p align="center"><strong><br /> | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[September 20, 2006|Science for the Moon]] </p> |
| − | <em>You can now buy any book from Amazon thru [http://www.lpod.org/?page_id=102 LPOD!]</em></strong></p> | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[September 22, 2006|Hell Plain]] </p> |
| − | </div>
| + | </div> |
| − |
| + | <p> </p> |
| − | | + | <p> </p> |
| − | ---- | + | <p> </p> |
| − | ===COMMENTS?===
| + | <!-- End of content --> |
| − | Click on this icon [[image:PostIcon.jpg]] at the upper right to post a comment.
| + | {{wiki/ArticleFooter}} |
