SUPERMOON

SUPERMOON

This year, the full moons of October, November and December all take place when the moon is at its closest point of approach in its orbit around Earth — a so-called supermoon. 
The next supermoon will be November's full Beaver Moon, which is expected to reach the peak of its full phase on the morning of Monday, Nov. 14, at 8:52 a.m. EST (1352 GMT), but it will appear full to the casual observer in the day before and after the main event. It is the second of three consecutive supermoon full moons for 2016. Live webcasts of this supermoon begin Sunday night (Nov. 13) and run through Monday. Read our Supermoon Webcast Guide for details.
This full moon will be not only the closest and brightest supermoon of 2016 but also the largest since 1948, Bob Berman, an astronomer at the Slooh Community Observatory, told Space.com. What's more, the full moon won't come this close to Earth again until Nov. 25, 2034, according to a statement from NASA. The Slooh Community Observatory will offer a live broadcast for November's full moon on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT on Nov. 14). You can also watch the supermoon live on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh. [Supermoon Science: NASA Explains the Extra-close Full Moon (Video)]

SUPERLUNA

 SUPERLUNA

Hoy  lunes 14 de noviembre podremos observar un fenómeno astronómico espectacular. La Luna se acercará al punto más próximo de su órbita con la Tierra, produciendo el efecto Superluna. Aquí os dejamos varias curiosidades sobre un acontecimiento que no te puedes perder ya que no se repetirá hasta 2033.
Apariencia de la luna
La Superluna se verá un 14 % más grande y un 30 % más brillante que una luna llena normal. Se apreciará más grande de lo habitual a la puesta y la salida del sol. Tendremos la luna más cercana en 70 años, a unos 356.512 km.
Cómo observarla
No hará falta ninguna herramienta especial para poder verla. Sin embargo, es aconsejable moverse a lugares oscuros, alejados de las grandes ciudades. Es recomendable observarla en su salida, ya que se aprecia más grande cerca del horizonte.
Frecuencia del fenómeno de la Superluna
Anualmente se pueden producir dos o cuatro Superlunas, pero no hay nada preestablecido. En ocasiones la Luna está más cerca de lo normal de la Tierra, pero no siempre coincide con la Luna llena.
Lugares con mayor efecto
Dependiendo de la posición de la Luna, puede parecer que su tamaño varía. La ilusión lunar es la falsa apreciación de observar la Luna mucho más grande que el horizonte.
Nombre
Actualmente, la Superluna se ha popularizado para referirse a las lunas llenas que pasan cerca del perigeo, por lo que suelen provocar mayores fuerzas de marea, un 37 % más intensas, y tienen un diametro mayor de lo normal. El termino Superluna fue acuñado por el astrólogo norteamericano Richard Nolle en 1979.

SLEEPYHEAD

SLEEPYHEAD

It's time to wake up, sleepyhead.

Well, look at sleepyhead, just waking up.

La traducción es "dormilón"

Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night

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1. 5 November is known as Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night.
2. Guy Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 in York, and died on 31 January 1606 in London.
3. He was alive during the end of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, and the beginning of King James I’s reign.
4. Guy Fawkes was a Catholic, and didn’t agree with the Protestant faith of the King.
5. Guy became friends with Robert Catesby, who had an idea to kill the King by blowing up the houses of Parliament.
6. It was actually Robert Catesby who led the Gunpowder Plot, not Guy Fawkes – there were 13 people involved.
7. The job Guy Fawkes had in the Gunpowder Plot was to guard the 36 barrels of gunpowder that had been stored in a basement underneath the House of Lords.
8. Guy Fawkes was arrested in the basement on the day he was going to light the gunpowder, 5 November, and he was taken to the Tower of London.
9. King James I decreed that 5 November should be the day that people always celebrate that the Gunpowder Plot didn’t happen.
10. On Bonfire Night, grown-ups set off fireworks, light bonfires, and sometimes burn a doll that looks like Guy Fawkes.

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