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The moon’s wobble

The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, but not in exactly the same way. Due to its tilted axis and elliptical orbit, we see about 59% of its surface over time. This simulation compresses a year into 60 seconds, making the Moon’s apparent wobble, called libration, clearly visible

The Fibrovisor

Turning a dollar store fibre optic wand into a low resolution display.