Tonight’s Moon

Did you notice the moon tonight? I took the photo below last night a little after 11pm when it was slightly less than full. It looked even larger tonight, especially as it was just coming up through the trees.

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Super Perigee Moon – largest moon in 20 years

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On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It’s a super “perigee moon”–the biggest in almost 20 years.

“The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,” says Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC. “I’d say it’s worth a look.”

Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon’s orbit. It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other (apogee). Nearby perigee moons are about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee side of the Moon’s orbit.

“The full Moon of March 19th occurs less than one hour away from perigee–a near-perfect coincidence that happens only 18 years or so.”

   From NASA

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Jericho cancelled

Well, crap. What a shame. I really loved this show! The nuts campaign got us only 6 new episodes this season.. From what I’ve read, it seems there’s a little hope that the series could get picked up by a cable network. I hope so. Jericho was a show focusing on the aftermath of nuclear bombs throughout the United States, and centered around the people living in the small town of Jericho, Kansas. I enjoyed this show, and never missed an episode. The final episode will air this coming Tuesday night.

(CBS) “Jericho” has been canceled, and no amount of peanuts will bring it back.

“The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more.”

…Producers hedged their bets by shooting two alternate endings to the final show, which airs Tuesday.

One is a cliffhanger that could have led to a third season and the other ending is said to bring “closure” to fans.

Read the rest of the article here: Aw Nuts: CBS Pulls Plug On Jericho, Final Episode Airs Tuesday, Promises To Tie Up Storyline

Jericho Links:
Jericho, cbs.com
Jericho on Wikipedia
Jericho Forum
Jericho Fan Community
Community Index – Jericho

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Lunar eclipse tonite

A few photos of the lunar eclipse tonite (Wednesday, Feb 20), taken between 11:30 and midnite.

Click any photo to enlarge.

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Jericho reminder, season premiere tonite

The highly anticipated second season of Jericho begins tonite! Seven new episodes will be broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM, ET/PT beginning Feb. 12 on CBS. Be sure and watch this great show, and see why its cancellation last year prompted one of the biggest fan campaigns in history to save a tv show!

From CBS Entertainment:

Dear Rangers,

We have some exciting news and wanted you to hear it first. Later today we will announce Jericho’s return to CBS’s primetime schedule. Seven new episodes will be broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM, ET/PT beginning Feb. 12.

We hope you will rally around the new episodes of Jericho with the same passion and volume you displayed this summer to bring the show back. The writers and producers have crafted an exciting second season that picks up immediately following the battle with New Bern, as the town begins the rebuilding process, and along the way discovers why their small community is so important to the newly formed government, and what the true intentions of this new government might be.

In success, there is the potential for more Jericho, but we will need your help to recruit new viewers. For your friends or family who have never seen the show, the entire first season can be seen on CBS.com, or on the recently released Season One DVD set.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for your continued support of Jericho.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler
President, CBS Entertainment

Source: Jericho Message Board

For those in Canada, Jericho will also air on CTV at 10pm Tuesday as well as Saturdays on SPACE.

Official Jericho site
Jericho Lives – History Starts Now
Jericho Rally Point
Community Blog – Fan Central – Jericho on CBS
Missed the first season? Watch it online here!

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