[GreenKeys] OT: Supermoon

[Jones, Douglas W]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2016, drlegendre . wrote:

> Very full & bright, clear skies up here in St. Paul / Mpls. Data says 
> this is a once-in-70-years approach.. around 22K miles closer than 
> normal.. Which is what, like 8% nearer?

It certainly made my late-evening dog walk pleasant here in Iowa, no need for a flashlight to see and pick up what needed picking up, but it did drown out the stars, and I've enjoyed looking at the Pleiades and Orion as they return to the night sky.

		Doug Jones
		jones at cs.uiowa.edu