Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip?
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:45:12 -0800

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.
>
>