On February 23rd, the moon will reverse course while in front of the sun

The solar dynamics observatory experiences eclipses of the sun caused by the moon that are not visible from Earth. Because of its orbital motion, some of these events also exhibit behavior that you would never see from the ground. I developed a bot to predict all future SDO eclipses by monitoring the orbital elements of the spacecraft and looking a few months out for any transits of objects in front of the sun. My bot predicts that on February 23rd the sun watching spacecraft will see the moon turn and reverse course during a partial eclipse. Though this is not something you would ever see in a regular eclipse on Earth, it's completely normal and predictable based on the orbital elements of the spacecraft and the moon.


Years ago I was accused of leaving a trap for GLP'ers by predicting the first of these types of eclipses without making a big deal out of it, leading to a lot of people embarrassing themselves when they freaked out about it. Well now you can't say I didn't warn you, so when this happens next month don't blame me for your own mistakes.

Also coming up in a few days, SDO will enter its next eclipse season where the Earth will block the sun for a period of time each day for several weeks. The full eclipse season is now predicted and shown on my Annotated SDO channel on YouTube.

Such a deceptively titled thread. It clearly implies that the moon will do something unusual, and that it will be visible from earth.

No wonder you're being accused of leaving a trap. This is terrible communication at best, and deliberate deception at worst.

Don't misunderstand me, it's a cool little phenomenon that I'm glad you pointed out. But I'd be amazed if even 1 in 10,000 people regularly looked at SDO images, and if 1 in 100 of those would even notice something like this.

Everyone in normal life by default assumes that observations are made from the surface of the earth. If that's not the case, you have a duty to specify in the main title - not buried in the middle of a paragraph.

Just honest feedback. Take that how you will - even if it's with a hissy fit.

What language did you use to develop the bot?

Python

I had no idea that our moon could do that retrograde thing!

I have never heard of it doing that until this thread. Thanks, Astro!

There is no such thing as any celestial object
"reversing course".
It is just a trick of perspective.

There is no such thing as any celestial object
"reversing course".
It is just a trick of perspective.

There is no such thing as any celestial object
"reversing course".
It is just a trick of perspective.

I'm a dumb fuck for disagreeing with your prediction?

I'm a dumb fuck for disagreeing with your prediction?

You should consider to change your IP after logging out and before logging in to your sock puppet account.

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You must be new here, Astro does not feed us BS.

Is this what is referred to as a void of course moon or is that something different ?

Is this what is referred to as a void of course moon or is that something different ?

Totally different. Don't buy groceries during moon VOC, you won't finish it all; don't buy gifts, recipient won't use/like; don't buy stuff for yourself, you ultimately won't use/like ... Etc

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Oh, it's astrology? Yeah, this isn't an astrological thread. This is astronomy, not astrology.

There is no astrology in astronomy ... but there is astronomy in astrology.

Thanks, Astro, thanks for being our astronomy barometer :bc:

The solar dynamics observatory experiences eclipses of the sun caused by the moon that are not visible from Earth. Because of its orbital motion, some of these events also exhibit behavior that you would never see from the ground. I developed a bot to predict all future SDO eclipses by monitoring the orbital elements of the spacecraft and looking a few months out for any transits of objects in front of the sun. My bot predicts that on February 23rd the sun watching spacecraft will see the moon turn and reverse course during a partial eclipse. Though this is not something you would ever see in a regular eclipse on Earth, it's completely normal and predictable based on the orbital elements of the spacecraft and the moon.


Years ago I was accused of leaving a trap for GLP'ers by predicting the first of these types of eclipses without making a big deal out of it, leading to a lot of people embarrassing themselves when they freaked out about it. Well now you can't say I didn't warn you, so when this happens next month don't blame me for your own mistakes.

Also coming up in a few days, SDO will enter its next eclipse season where the Earth will block the sun for a period of time each day for several weeks. The full eclipse season is now predicted and shown on my Annotated SDO channel on YouTube.
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Isn't this normal? I remember, moon goes from West to east some parts of the year. Other parts, west to east.

Certain sect of Indians consider one of that part to be auspicious and plan family events only that parts of the year.

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322 in reverse.

And BTW - thread is BS.

God you're a dumb fuck. My prediction will happen and you will see the moon follow that path on the SDO images next month. Mark my words. I expect an apology when I turn out to be right.

You must be new here, Astro does not feed us BS.