Mars & Biggest and Brightest Full Moon of 2010 Tonight!

Tonight's full moon will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. It offers anyone with clear skies an opportunity to identify easy-to-see features on the moon.

This being the first full moon of 2010, it is also known as the wolf moon, a moniker dating back to Native American culture and the notion that hungry wolves howled at the full moon on cold winter nights. Each month brings another full moon name. As a bonus, Mars will be just to the left of the moon tonight. Look for the reddish, star-like object.

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EDIT: Well that was disappointing. :/

Yup... tried to spot this for myself, but we're under a dark ceiling in Vancouver, a long dark gloom with no end in sight called "winter".

Ah well. Next time, moon!

I saw the moon yesterday, it didn't look any bigger or brighter. It actually looked pretty big today.

Its always cloudy here. i didnt get to see it
Stupid pollution

lol. Yesterday I saw the moon in clear daylight, with the sun only about 60% away from it across the sky. But it was pretty beautiful. No sign of Mars though...

it was verry Light at Dutchland
i easy could see in the dark

Actually saw this without knowing it was special. It did look pretty big, and a slightly different color.

I saw it, but didn't remember much.
I was ripping flesh from bones.
:p

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Originally Posted by Arcane-Izan

Actually saw this without knowing it was special. It did look pretty big, and a slightly different color.

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I did the same thing! I looked up and said, "That full moon looks bigger and brighter tonight."

Then the next day I heard that it actually was. I was just like... wow :confused:

But really, it wasn't too much different than usual....

I took a photograph with my refractor of Mars last week. Probably my best Mars photo yet. The focus and clarity is better than anything else I've done.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1264966679

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Originally Posted by TheJollyRajah

I took a photograph with my refractor of Mars last week. Probably my best Mars photo yet. The focus and clarity is better than anything else I've done.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1264966679

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Thats quite a powerful refractor. my refractor isnt as powerful. i usually go to The Griffith Park Observatory to look at mars but its a closer view

Aww, it didn't look that good with me. :/

Very nice picture there, Jolly.