Our Amazing Moon

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Our Amazing Moon

• Carl Wenning Lee Green
• Twin City Amateur Astronomers

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Basic Lunar Data

• Size 2,160 miles (27 Earth)
• Mass 1/81 Earth (1.2)
• Ave. Distance 238,900 miles
• Sidereal period 27.3 days
• Synodic period 29.5 days

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A Lunar Mystery
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Lunar Geography
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Lunar Topography

• Man in the Moon
• Woman in the Moon
• Woman with a book
• Jack Jill, Hare, Frog

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Lunar Features
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The Moon Rocks!
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Moon Phases 1
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New Moon
Earth View
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Waxing Crescent
Earth View
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First Quarter
Earth View
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Waxing Gibbous
Earth View
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Full Moon
Earth View
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Waning Gibbous Moon
Earth View
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Third Quarter Moon
Earth View
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Waning Crescent Moon
Earth View
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New Moon
New Moon
Earth View
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Earthshine
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Tidal Locking
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Tides!
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Lunar Libration
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Shifting Image Size
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The Moons Back Side
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Red Moon 1

• During a lunar eclipse

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Red Moon 2

• During moonrise or moonset

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Blue Moon 1

• Second full moon in a calendar month

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Blue Moon 2

• Dust scatters red light as after a volcanic
  eruption

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Blue Moon 3
Blue Moon 3

• Visible as an after image when the eyes become
  fatigued viewing red/orange light such as that
  of a campfire.

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Moon Illusion 1
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Moon Illusion 2
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Moon Illusion 3
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Moon Illusion 4
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Lunacy
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Harvest Moon
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Solar Eclipses

• Types
• Total
• Partial
• Annular

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Lunar Eclipses

• Total
• Partial

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Tonights 12d old Moon
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The End

• Lets do some observing!

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Galileo and the Moon
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Galileos Telescope
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Galileos Moon