Here is some neat info for you star/moon gazers.
Also, If you are in Iowa City on Dec. 17th at 6:30, you can come to
my house as well for the Iowa City Area Group's annual Winter
Solstice Party. It is a potluck. We will have live conversations,
hot tubbing, wood stove toe toasting, and a snow angel contest if
there are any brave souls and of course snow.
Location: 45 Juniper Ct. North Liberty Iowa.
Phone:319-626-7862
Directions: Take exit 244 off of I-80, Go 5 miles north of I-80 on
Dubuque St., as you enter the North Liberty city limits turn left on
Juniper St., go 3 houses, turn right on Juniper Ct., go 2 houses on
the right and your there. Brown house with red door. p.s. there is
no parking available on my side of the street. Park across the
street or in my driveway.
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Subject: Full moon, lunar perigee, and winter solstice
>
>Dear Rex,
>
>This message appeared in my box yesterday; I think Sierra Club members
>will enjoy knowing this:
>
>December 22, 1999 will be the Last Lunar Harrah of the Millinneum:
>This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice,
>Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on
>the
>winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in
>the
>moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) The moon will appear about 14%
>larger than it does at apogee (the point in it's elliptical orbit that
>is
>farthest from the Earth) since the Earth is also several million miles
>closer to the sun at this time of the year than in the summer, sunlight
>striking the moon is about 7% stronger making it brighter. Also, this
>will
>be the closest perigee of the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is
>constantly deforming. If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover
>where you live, it is believed that even car headlights will be
>superfluous.
>On December 21st. 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this
>combination
>of occurrences and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers
>in
>the Wyoming Territory.
>In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than
>the
>usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years!
>Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendents 100 or so years
>from
>now will see this. But we get to see it in 2 weeks! Now how cool is
>that?
>
>Linda Donelson (grace james)
>http://www.karenblixen.com
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Rex L. Bavousett
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University of Iowa
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