Re: Just to be sure: Planet with multiple moons

Wasn't it Phillip Thorne who wrote:

>The rest of the time, there's a dramatic closeup in which a character
>is standing on the roof of a skyscraper, silhouetted against a full
>moon that covers about 20 degrees of arc.  I don't think there are any
>lenses that can do that...

I've seen the effect done for real in wildlife TV programs. The sort of 
lenses that they use for getting close-ups of wildlife from considerable 
distances away will make the Moon do much more than fill the screen.

And, for example, these are claimed to be real photos taken through 
telescopes:
<http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image003746.jpg>
<http://www.interfaithmarianpilgrimages.com/media/images/moonrise_cross2.
jpg>

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure