Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The newspaper here indicates the full moon in on the Tuesday night 12/21-22 rather than on Wednesday night 12/22-23. While I can get the solution locally, I am wondering if anyone here knows the correct answer. Roland Smith Oakland, CA - ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip? > Please let's stop arguing about this. > > The issue here is one of perspective. /Discover/ magazine asserted that > this only happens about once a century. This statement is entirely > true. /Sky and Telescope/ magazine asserted that it is almost impossible > to see the difference between this phenomenon and one that happens at > least once a year. This statement is also true. > > It seems to me that our Leica list must have many people who care about > visual differences that are almost impossible to detect. So be it. > > I think I'm going to take my fancy Minolta spot meter and meter the > intensity of the full moon, and then do the same thing next month and > the month after that. I figure if the meter can see the difference then > I'll be glad I participated, and if it can't, then I'll know not to > care when this happens again in 97 years. > >