APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

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APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by APOD Robot » Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:05 am

Image The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon

Explanation: The Full Moon of October 9th was the second Full Moon after the northern hemisphere autumnal equinox, traditionally called the Hunter's Moon. According to lore, the name is a fitting one because this Full Moon lights the night during a time for hunting in preparation for the coming winter months. In this snapshot, a nearly full Hunter's Moon was captured just after sunset on October 8, rising in skies over Florida's Space Coast. Rising from planet Earth a Falcon 9 rocket pierces the bright lunar disk from the photographer's vantage point. Ripples and fringes along the edge of the lunar disk appear as supersonic shock waves generated by the rocket's passage change the atmosphere's index of refraction.

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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by FLPhotoCatcher » Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:19 am

About two days ago, I actually watched a video that featured this photo.

Here it is.
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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by MarkBour » Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:40 am

FLPhotoCatcher wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:19 am About two days ago, I actually watched a video that featured this photo.

Here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdCizNwLaHA
Thanks! I love Scott Manley . . . there was a lot in his video.
This APOD reminded me of one from last May:
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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by Skodvin » Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:19 am

According to my almanac, northern autumnal equinox occurred on September 23rd, so I guess that would make the October full moon the first after this event?

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Post by Skodvin » Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:55 am

But a totally fantastic image, regardless!!

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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:13 pm

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Looks like the moon is melting! Beautiful shot of rocket launch! 8-)
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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by De58te » Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:14 pm

Skodvin wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:19 am According to my almanac, northern autumnal equinox occurred on September 23rd, so I guess that would make the October full moon the first after this event?
That's true. What I think happened here is a simple mistake. I suppose the headline writer looked up the date of the Harvest Moon and on the time and date website they say the NEXT Harvest Moon is September 29,2023. That's because the Harvest Moon is the NEAREST full moon to the autumnal equinox. So next year the Harvest Moon will happen in the autumn! Now if you weren't paying full attention you might have mistaken 2023 for 2022, and since the Hunter's Moon is after the Harvest Moon it would have been the second full moon of the season -- next year that is!

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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by ghaegele2 » Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:14 pm

Well thank you for clearing that up. I had to read it a few times to be sure I was reading it correctly, and then realized it had to be a mistake.

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Re: APOD: The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon (2022 Oct 14)

Post by SeedsofEarfth » Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:26 pm

I was thinking those shimmers and streamers were caused by the heat generated in the atmosphere by the Falcon's super-hot exhaust. Supersonic waves are more conical.

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