Tag: Moon

August 11, 2014 /

Good Night Extra-Supermoon August 10, 2014

August 10, 2014 /

Three Supermoons in a Row – NASA Science

If you thought one supermoon was bright, how about three….? The full Moons of summer 2014—July 12th, August 10th, and Sept. 9th–will all be supermoons. The scientific term for the phenomenon is “perigee moon.” Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon’s orbit. The Moon…

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February 22, 2013 /

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the…

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