A supermoon’s effects are imperceptible, far smaller than those encountered in other everyday situations, such as being near a mountain or even a large building.
Larry Sessions
Larry Sessions writes for EarthSky about astronomy and other topics related to physical science, emphasizing observations that can be made with little or no equipment. He also writes and maintains his own astronomy website, as well as class websites for the classes he teaches. His North American Skies website has earned a one of “Ten Cool Sites” recognition by the Exploratorium, and the Griffith Observatory Star Award.
A former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver, Larry currently is an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State College of Denver, and at the Community College of Aurora (CCA, Colorado). He is a co-recipient of the 2010 Tom Brosh Adjunct Faculty Award at CCA, and a former longtime member of “Solar System Ambassadors” program of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For six years he was a contributing writer for the Sky Calendar on Space.com. In addition, he was formerly the managing editor at the Denver Museum of Natural History, as well as for the award-winning “Weather Guide” calendar from Accord Publishing. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.
Larry is a member the SouthWestern Association of Planetariums. He lives in Denver with his wife, Marlene, and their three dogs, Mikatsuki (“New Moon”), Sachiko (“Joyful Child”) and Yoshi ("Lucky").
Posts by Larry Sessions
Blogs | Jun 16, 2013
Your chances of observing Venus in broad daylight are improving, from around June 2013 through the end of the year. July 9 and 10 are a good time to try.
Jun 14, 2013
Cottonwood trees in the American West are a nuisance to some and a treasure to others. They yield shade, beautiful foliage and in June, a kind of warm, fluffy “snow.”
Tonight | May 21, 2013
The third star in the system, a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri, is thought to be about 4.22 light-years distant and is actually our sun’s closest neighbor.
Tonight | May 21, 2013
Tonight see Saturn and Spica near the waxing gibbous moon. Spica is a double star system, and both stars are hotter and brighter than the sun.
Tonight | Apr 08, 2013
If you’re in the U.S., you must be at about New Orleans’ latitude to glimpse it. From the southern hemisphere, Mimosa is a prominent and beloved star.
Tonight | Mar 25, 2013
Blue Acrux shines as the brightest star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross.
Blogs | Mar 17, 2013
A rundown of space objects visible under the right conditions to the unaided human eye during the day.
Tonight | Feb 24, 2013
Procyon – in Canis Minor the Lesser Dog – actually means “before the dog.” That’s because it rises into the sky shortly before the Dog Star Sirius in Canis Major.
Tonight | Feb 18, 2013
Two stars noticeable for being bright and close together might be Castor and Pollux of the Gemini Twins constellation.
