{"id":264747,"date":"2024-11-18T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:27","slug":"how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too\/","title":{"rendered":"How I learned to love looking at the moon \u2013 and you can too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"901\" alt=\"A39ET8 FR - ISERE: Moon over Col de Sarenne. Image shot 2010. Exact date unknown.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/13102155\/SEI_228596071.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2456039\" data-caption=\"Moon over Col de Sarenne\" data-credit=\"nagelestock.com\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Moon over Col de Sarenne<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">nagelestock.com\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Observational astronomers hate the moon. This might be surprising to some of you \u2013 after all, the moon is gorgeous, it\u2019s the closest astronomical object we can observe and the dominant feature of the night sky on Earth. But that very spotlight is the problem: when the moon is out, its glare can hide nearly everything else. When you are looking for tiny details or deep-sky objects, that is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Even in just the next couple of months, there are two meteor showers that will each happen within a few days of the full\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26435171-000-how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Moon over Col de Sarenne nagelestock.com\/Alamy Observational astronomers hate the moon. 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