Here is the link to the original movie. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/graphics/Moon_movie.gif It believe it came out of the US Navy Observatory. There are actually several cool sites to use: This one by Harcourt seems to use the gif from the USNO in a format useful to 3rd and 6th graders who study the phases of the moon. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/projects/data/MoonPhases/index.html http://www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro/ files/content/multimedia/unit3/phases_moon/phases_moon.swf Probably more than anyone wants but there are lots of resources out there. On 2009-02-16 00:04, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Jim, It went out fine. I received it. It is a great teaching aid and I'm glad you put it on there. Best wishes, Joe
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@???> wrote: From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 4:30 PM
I thought I sent a reply to Patrick and I didn’t see it so if this is a duplicate I apologies.
Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested.
As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect.
The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part.
Jim
Daniel, That is cool. I like to see what the liberation can reveal out past Kastner in the east, Grimaldi in the west, and your shots reveal some really nice cratering in the extreme south.
Jim
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, daniel turner <outwest112@???> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:51 PM
Jim:
I have about a dozen astro GIFs that I've collected. This one is a series of full moons and it shows apogee and perigee as well as libration.
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1040
I agree that these are great teaching aids.
DT
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@???> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:55 AM Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested.
As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect.
The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part.
Jim
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@???> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM
Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line.
Really nice.
In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance.
And, like Joe said, please post the details.
And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000
patrick
On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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