Comments on: Astronomy http://coloradomelons.com/2009/05/01/astronomy/ Loving Life at 6840' (2km) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://coloradomelons.com/2009/05/01/astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 admin Fri, 01 May 2009 21:32:23 +0000 http://coloradomelons.com/?p=488#comment-1120 Chris, And how does her orbit come into play with your initial question? For us to see her as "Full", she'd have to be at the furthest possible distance, no? So considering direction of orbit, she's been getting closer to us while the phase wanes - to what we'd call Moon's 1st qtr since being Full, the reverse of Luna I've since concluded thanks to you. Is the proximity (in millons of miles) enough to contribute to our naked eye brightness/phase observations? If we were "back in the day", we'd have to wait a few months to find out, but now I guess we can research what others have noted. Chris,
And how does her orbit come into play with your initial question? For us to see her as “Full”, she’d have to be at the furthest possible distance, no? So considering direction of orbit, she’s been getting closer to us while the phase wanes – to what we’d call Moon’s 1st qtr since being Full, the reverse of Luna I’ve since concluded thanks to you.

Is the proximity (in millons of miles) enough to contribute to our naked eye brightness/phase observations? If we were “back in the day”, we’d have to wait a few months to find out, but now I guess we can research what others have noted.

]]> By: Chris Currey http://coloradomelons.com/2009/05/01/astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Chris Currey Fri, 01 May 2009 16:27:50 +0000 http://coloradomelons.com/?p=488#comment-1119 John, Thanks for sharing information about Venus. It's fascinating to me that a day in Venus is longer than a year. I never knew that. You also raise an interesting question about birthdays, I was also wondering if they're celebrated every day. Ha ha! Venus has been rather bright lately in the west sky. I also didn't know about the phases of Venus and I wonder if the brightness through the naked eye is affected by its phase. For example, if Venus is "full," is it a brighter magnitude than if it is "half full"? Chris John,

Thanks for sharing information about Venus. It’s fascinating to me that a day in Venus is longer than a year. I never knew that. You also raise an interesting question about birthdays, I was also wondering if they’re celebrated every day. Ha ha!

Venus has been rather bright lately in the west sky. I also didn’t know about the phases of Venus and I wonder if the brightness through the naked eye is affected by its phase. For example, if Venus is “full,” is it a brighter magnitude than if it is “half full”?

Chris

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