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Full Moon vs Super Moon, Gianluca Galloni

Full Moon vs Super Moon

Full Moon vs Super Moon, Gianluca Galloni

Full Moon vs Super Moon

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Comparisation with two different full Moon phases, taken remotely with the observatory of our association (GAM42, www.gam42.it)

By measuring the size of the lunar diameter in pixels and making a calculation between the two measurements, the Super Moon of April 8 is 7% larger than that of December 12.

Then making the same calculation with the average brightness of the pixels of the images it is obtained that the Super Moon is also about 15% brighter.

To shoot the Moon using the Sbig ST10XME CCD camera (without antiblooming) we use the 7nm H-Alpha filter which allows us not to saturate the image /

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Full Moon vs Super Moon, Gianluca Galloni