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Once in a blue moon?
apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know? my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does Regards Simon "A. Edwards" wrote in message ... Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like: A. Edwards wrote: I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine harvesters in the fields lately? Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!). Best, Stephen Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope? Arthur -- -- 52:30:25N, 1:17:51E http://www.ambermile.co.uk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 24/07/2003 |
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A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53 days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon". Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long. Dave. "Simon" wrote in message ... Once in a blue moon? apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know? my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does Regards Simon "A. Edwards" wrote in message ... Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like: A. Edwards wrote: I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine harvesters in the fields lately? Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!). Best, Stephen Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope? Arthur -- -- 52:30:25N, 1:17:51E http://www.ambermile.co.uk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 24/07/2003 |
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A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53 days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon". Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long. Dave. "Simon" wrote in message ... Once in a blue moon? apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know? my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does Regards Simon "A. Edwards" wrote in message ... Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like: A. Edwards wrote: I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine harvesters in the fields lately? Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!). Best, Stephen Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope? Arthur -- -- 52:30:25N, 1:17:51E http://www.ambermile.co.uk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 24/07/2003 |
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Red Moon?
JRS: In article , seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy,
Dymchurch Dave posted at Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:03:28 :- A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53 days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon". Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long. Dave. "Simon" wrote in message ... Once in a blue moon? Responses should go after trimmed quotes; see newsgroup FAQ at http://www. astunit.com/faq/uksciastrofaq.htm, A5. That's one version (of Blue Moon); there is at least one other :- see SkyPub at URL:http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/9905bluemoon.html which explains that a Blue Moon is the third Full Moon in a season which contains four (7 times in 19 years; see URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk /heb-date.htm#Heb The Hebrew Calendar), and so on 20-23 Feb/May/Aug/Nov. IIRC, one can have a "Dave" Blue Moon in both January and March; but check that - I think it occurred in 1999 (for the UK). March is probably less likely than January to have a Blue Moon, though GC might beg to differ. -- © John Stockton, Surrey, UK. Turnpike v4.00 MIME. © Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms & links; some Astro stuff via astro.htm, gravity0.htm; quotes.htm; pascal.htm; &c, &c. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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JRS: In article , seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy,
Dymchurch Dave posted at Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:03:28 :- A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53 days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon". Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long. Dave. "Simon" wrote in message ... Once in a blue moon? Responses should go after trimmed quotes; see newsgroup FAQ at http://www. astunit.com/faq/uksciastrofaq.htm, A5. That's one version (of Blue Moon); there is at least one other :- see SkyPub at URL:http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/9905bluemoon.html which explains that a Blue Moon is the third Full Moon in a season which contains four (7 times in 19 years; see URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk /heb-date.htm#Heb The Hebrew Calendar), and so on 20-23 Feb/May/Aug/Nov. IIRC, one can have a "Dave" Blue Moon in both January and March; but check that - I think it occurred in 1999 (for the UK). March is probably less likely than January to have a Blue Moon, though GC might beg to differ. -- © John Stockton, Surrey, UK. Turnpike v4.00 MIME. © Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms & links; some Astro stuff via astro.htm, gravity0.htm; quotes.htm; pascal.htm; &c, &c. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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