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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

It's close to the moon atm if you have a decent pair of binoculars or a telescope

[-] gregor@gregtech.eu 2 points 1 week ago

Where are you from? That can depend on the location.

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Location on Earth will change timing for really precise events like occultations. Location on Earth will not affect any DSO's visual "closeness" to the moon, especially not at the low zoom scale of binoculars. Hemisphere will only change which is on top. At 1/40th the distance to the moon, moving from pole to pole only changes the view the amount standing 1 foot to the left changes the view of an object 40ft away

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Hey sorry everyone totally right Northern Hemisphere Europe

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago
[-] theherk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Difficult to identify one’s location without giving away the hemisphere.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] theherk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I get the joke, assuming you’re being tongue in cheek, but when that ambiguity still remains, one’s location is still not given. Hemisphere is a subset of all locations, so superfluous information. But yeah, I was just kidding around.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, likewise :-)

And you're right of course.

[-] gregor@gregtech.eu 1 points 1 week ago

By having the location specified I would know the hemisphere too

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