Biggest Full Moon of Year 2008

Full Moon on 11/12 Dec is the biggest and brightest full moons of year 2008.

Above picture shows two full moons taken by thro a 6 inch reflector telescope 6 months apart.

A simple photography project can be taken by students and amature astronomers, taking full moon photos every month for 1 year can clearly show the changes in the size of Moon due to its elicptical orbit round the earth.
The nearest point(Perigee) and farthest point(Apogee) on Moon orbit differs by approximately 55,000 Kms !!