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Image of the day 12/31/2021

Perigee vs Apogee - Head to Head Moon Comparison, Andrei Dumitriu

Perigee vs Apogee - Head to Head Moon Comparison

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Image of the day 12/31/2021

Perigee vs Apogee - Head to Head Moon Comparison, Andrei Dumitriu

Perigee vs Apogee - Head to Head Moon Comparison

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

The Big and the small, the near and the far. This sums up to a roughly 14% difference in apparent size and approx. 50.000 km (31.000 mi) of social distancing in between.

The setup used has been identical
Orion ED80, ZWO ASI178MC, Sky-Watcher Star-Discovery AZ SynScan GoTo

Perigee (left)
354.547 km (220.305 mi) away
25.May.2021, 20:30 UT?
Alt 24°, Size 33’, Seeing 3/5

Apogee (right)
402.482 km (250.090 mi) away
19.Dec.2021, 17:39 UT
?Alt 27°, Size 29’, Seeing 2/5

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Perigee vs Apogee - Head to Head Moon Comparison, Andrei Dumitriu