Friday, January 08, 2010

Cosmic Oppportunity Missed?

Cosmic Opportunity Missed?
 
Did anyone do the moonlit run at Kerloch on 31st December?  I suspect a combination of weather/snow/other attractions kept most people, like me, otherwise occupied.  Which means that we missed a rare (ish) astronomical event and the opportunity to do a BLUE MOON run.
 
Note: Due to slight differences between the standard calendar and the lunar cycle, once every few years you get a month in which 2 full moons occur.  The second of these is called a  "blue moon"  (hence the saying once in a blue moon as it's a relatively rare event).  The Moon on 31st Dec was one of these. Nothing to do with the colour!

 

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