knowing absolutely nothing about this topic and assuming the statement is legit, I assume the reason why is because you want incoming light to hit the surface at a lower angle to create more shadows and make the topography stand out more.
But what if you're not observing terrain, but surface reflectance or something else, and the shadows will interfere? This is my problem with "nerds" like the one from the comic. They want to appear intelligent to others and will inconveniently spill out statements that are specific as if they were universal (dunning-kruger, maybe), just to boost their self-esteem.
The werenerd better explain himself, because I am pretty sure it's easier to observe the moon when it's visible. He has until I load this revolver with silver bullets.
Fucking cursed knowledge when people know you own a telescope.
"Oh it's a full moon tonight! You gonna take your telescope out?!"
Then you either have to lie and pretend to be excited, or be that akshually asshole. And then half the time you try to tell them the truth, they think your just being negative and that it's obviously the best time to take the telescope out because just look at the moon it's so big and full and clearly that must be the optimal way to view it, and then you have to try to explain how shadows work and how lots of the details are missed when the light is shining directly into the craters instead of at an angle and how the light of the full moon is so intense that it washes out anything else that you are wanting to look at and then they ask why you're being so difficult, can't you just take the telescope out? So you haul your giant fucking telescope out and get it all set up and they look through it at the moon and kinda go "yea that's nice! See? It's still beautiful!" and yes it is, but it's only like 30% as amazing as it would be with any kind of gibbous or crescent and then they ask is there anything else they can look at and you again have to explain that because the moon is full, you can't really get any good views of nebulas and any planets you look at will be practically colorless and then they make you show them anyways and they just aren't as excited as they could have been because it's not nearly as impressive so they lose interest within 5 minutes and then you have to pack up and haul back in your giant telescope that they insisted you get out to show them the views you told them wouldn't be super impressive.
And then they forget all of this within a month and so 30 days later you're hit again with "Oh it's a full moon tonight! You gonna take out your telescope?!"
37 Comments
early_riser@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 76d
knowing absolutely nothing about this topic and assuming the statement is legit, I assume the reason why is because you want incoming light to hit the surface at a lower angle to create more shadows and make the topography stand out more.
Carnelian@lemmy.world · 104 pts · 76d
My assumption is that it is more difficult to make lunar observations while being attacked by werewolves
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 39 pts · 76d
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 76d
Despite taking a few years of Spanish classes the capitalization here is still making my brain process it as “¿Por que no los MS-DOS?”
davidgro@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 76d
C:\>_
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 74d
As a regular dude with absolutely no expertise. This is definitely the right answer.
NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 76d
Spot on
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 76d
(Me silently crossing out werewolves)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d
Well, no, indirect.
morto@piefed.social · 9 pts · 76d
But what if you're not observing terrain, but surface reflectance or something else, and the shadows will interfere? This is my problem with "nerds" like the one from the comic. They want to appear intelligent to others and will inconveniently spill out statements that are specific as if they were universal (dunning-kruger, maybe), just to boost their self-esteem.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 76d
"Observe" here refers specifically to optical observation tho
morto@piefed.social · 3 pts · 76d
Optical observation like measuring surface reflectance? Or maybe optical observation like artistically gazing at the full moon? ;)
There's no single universal best moment. It all depends on what you want to observe.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d
Well, it is a comic intended to be a joke, not a dissertation on observational astronomy.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d
Yeah what if you're observing moon werewolves
Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 76d
Found the moon nerd!
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 27 pts · 76d
RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 76d
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 76d
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6G49jr7YhBU
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 14 pts · 76d
The werenerd better explain himself, because I am pretty sure it's easier to observe the moon when it's visible. He has until I load this revolver with silver bullets.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 76d
You usually want to use shadows to help highlight surface details. When full, there are virtually no shadows.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 76d
does that mean the darker spots one can see with the naked eye are not shadows? the ground is just darker there?
ripcord@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 76d
They didn't say you can't say details. They said it is the worst time for observation. Which it is.
mkwt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d
Yes. Those dark spots are plains of actually darker rocks, specifically basalts. That generally means that those are dried out lava fields.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
When is golden hour on the moon
Nemoder@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 76d
Got a curse I cannot lift
Shines when the sunset shifts
When the moon is round and full
Gotta correct that wrong, gotta state those facts.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 76d
My mind has changed, my glasses frames
and god I like it
My mind's a flame, I got big brains,
and god I like it
Nemoder@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 76d
Love it!! I've had this cover on repeat today. :)
limelight79@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 76d
I'm reading Wil Wheaton's book "Still Just A Geek", and I feel like he'd really enjoy this comic.
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
Does he manage to make himself likable on page? It's always been a struggle for him on screen. Or microphone. Or tweet.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d
Boooooo
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d
I've considered you and I disagree
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 75d
That's fair. He kind of ruined the Martian audiobook for me, so I held a grudge.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 74d
Fucking cursed knowledge when people know you own a telescope.
"Oh it's a full moon tonight! You gonna take your telescope out?!"
Then you either have to lie and pretend to be excited, or be that akshually asshole. And then half the time you try to tell them the truth, they think your just being negative and that it's obviously the best time to take the telescope out because just look at the moon it's so big and full and clearly that must be the optimal way to view it, and then you have to try to explain how shadows work and how lots of the details are missed when the light is shining directly into the craters instead of at an angle and how the light of the full moon is so intense that it washes out anything else that you are wanting to look at and then they ask why you're being so difficult, can't you just take the telescope out? So you haul your giant fucking telescope out and get it all set up and they look through it at the moon and kinda go "yea that's nice! See? It's still beautiful!" and yes it is, but it's only like 30% as amazing as it would be with any kind of gibbous or crescent and then they ask is there anything else they can look at and you again have to explain that because the moon is full, you can't really get any good views of nebulas and any planets you look at will be practically colorless and then they make you show them anyways and they just aren't as excited as they could have been because it's not nearly as impressive so they lose interest within 5 minutes and then you have to pack up and haul back in your giant telescope that they insisted you get out to show them the views you told them wouldn't be super impressive.
And then they forget all of this within a month and so 30 days later you're hit again with "Oh it's a full moon tonight! You gonna take out your telescope?!"
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 74d
What if you slipped a pair of sunglasses over the telescope?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 75d
Joke's on you nerd, the new moon is even worse for lunar observation (but far far superior for deep space)
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 76d
Pretty sure the new moon would be the worst time, but I guess it depends on what you're looking for.
liinux@pawb.social · 4 pts · 76d
Everybody here when somebody ask if its GNU/Linux or Linux, and which is the Arch BTW version