Exaggerating the impressiveness of 'supermoons' is just going to lead to disappointment
. But since the only differences in appearance are very slight, and since “blue” just means the moon is rare and nothing else, it’s not anything to get too excited about.
You might think this is all just the griping of someone who’s missing the bigger picture, which is that it could help people take an interest in astronomy. I get that: I don’t underestimate how difficult it is to get people interested in stargazing, and if this makes a difference then it’s a good thing.
Then again, if we keep exaggerating the impressiveness of “supermoons” – even “special” ones like this – observers will just be disappointed when they go out to see them for themselves. Then, the next time there’s excitement in the papers about something in the night sky, they’ll remember that disappointment and stay indoors.
The media, in other words, risk becoming the boy who cried wolf – or, since we’re talking about a full moon here, the boy who cried werewolf. So of course, please do take a look the next time there’s scheduled to be a “supermoon” . But perhaps your expectations shouldn’t be sky-high.
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