Welcome to the NavList Message Boards.

NavList:

A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding

Compose Your Message

Message:αβγ
Message:abc
Add Images & Files
    Name or NavList Code:
    Email:
       
    Reply
    Re: Venus Moon Occultation Lunar Captured by DSLR
    From: Brad Morris
    Date: 2015 Dec 11, 20:36 -0500

    Is no one going to answer this?

    I think I may be able to answer my own question.  Would those more knowledgeable please check me?

    I asked "Why isn't the lunar distance equal to the SD of the moon"?  My initial guess was that it should have been, but here is my better answer, seeking confirmation:

    The lunar distance is calculated from the center of the earth, not from its surface!  The observer is at the surface, which will cause parallax.  Parallax moves the  moon's position, from location as if viewed from the center of the earth, to location as viewed from the earth's surface. 

    Unless the occultation occurs right at the zenith, the lunar distance will never be equal to the SD of the moon.

    On Dec 10, 2015 6:42 PM, "Ed Popko" <NoReply_EdPopko@fer3.com> wrote:

    I noticed that NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive for today, December 10, 2015, shows the recent Moon-Venus occult.

    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151210.html

    Popko

       
    Reply
    Browse Files

    Drop Files

    NavList

    What is NavList?

    Get a NavList ID Code

    Name:
    (please, no nicknames or handles)
    Email:
    Do you want to receive all group messages by email?
    Yes No

    A NavList ID Code guarantees your identity in NavList posts and allows faster posting of messages.

    Retrieve a NavList ID Code

    Enter the email address associated with your NavList messages. Your NavList code will be emailed to you immediately.
    Email:

    Email Settings

    NavList ID Code:

    Custom Index

    Subject:
    Author:
    Start date: (yyyymm dd)
    End date: (yyyymm dd)

    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site