off topic - lunar occultation of bright star for eastern part of north america

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 2010 - 16:46:48 UTC

  • Next message: Kevin Fetter: "Intelsat has plans to move Galaxy 11 to 55 degrees West"

    During the lunar eclipse in a few hours time, a magnitude 7 star will be occulted by the moon. The moon will be bright when it disappear's behind the moon, but the moon will be in a deep eclipse when it reappears, making for a nice view.
    
    Info on the star
    
    Data from the Tycho catalog:
    
    TYC 1863 1341
    Johnson V magnitude: 6.982 ± 0.020
    J2000 position at current date (proper motion included):
    Right ascension: 05h51m50.6475s
    Declination: +23 22' 57.822"
    
    So check, to see what to expect and enjoy. Look between 7 to 8 UTC.
    
    Enjoy 
    
    Kevin
    
    
    
    _______________________________________________
    Seesat-l mailing list
    http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
    



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Dec 20 2010 - 16:48:43 UTC