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How Bigger Than Usual Was the Big Perigee Moon 2013?

By Artborghi @artborghi

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363,300 km far above … you have probably already watched hundreds of pictures representing the “14% bigger than usual” perigee moon. I could shoot this big moon with the same lens and camera used for a normal, average sized moon (384,400 km far away).

I doubt I could have recognize such difference without a digital comparison.

artborghi-epigean-not-epigean-moon comparison

Nevertheless, a good occasion to practice moon photography with clouds! D800 set up: 70-200 VR-II mounted, spot metering, ISO 100, 1/400 sec and f/5.6 – easy to shoot it even hand-held!


Filed under: astrophotography Tagged: 70-200 VR-II moon. 70-20 mm R-II hand held, Apsis, Astronomy, d800 perigee moon, d800 supermoon, Earth, Full moon, Moon, Planets, Solar System, Supermoon

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