ESTA NOCHE LUNA LLENA Y ECLIPSE PARCIAL

Esta es unaLuna Llena en apogeo, pero hoy 7-9-06, la veremos en perigeo que es cuando se ve mayor, aún cuando nuestra memoria no regstra los tamaños de plenilunios anteriores para poder apreciarlo.


Inconstant Moon

The Moon at Perigee and Apogee

One of my favourite science fiction stories is Larry Niven's Inconstant Moon, about a night when the full Moon shone brighter than ever before. I won't say any more about the story so as not to spoil it for those who have yet to discover this most atypical gem in Niven's vast treasure chest. Find it; read it; enjoy!
Everybody notices the phases of the Moon, but to most people every full Moon is alike--the rising or setting Moon looks large due to perspective's playing tricks on the eye, but surely the full Moon high in the sky is always the same, right? Wrong.
One of the most spectacular phenomena in naked-eye astronomy escapes notice by the vast majority of people simply because the the eye and brain can't compare the size and brightness of objects observed on separate occasions. This page explores the inconstant Moon in our everyday sky. While not as dramatic as that conjured up by the imagination of Larry Niven, we'll discover in it a celestial phenomenon seen by everybody, yet observed by only a few individuals.

No he leído el libro de ciencia ficción "Luna Inconstante", de Larry Nivens, a que se refieren, pero veré de encontrarlo. Por curiosidad.

El eclipse parcial de hoy será visible en España, pero creo que muy poco.