ISS Lunar Transit

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 23:58:47 EST

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    Two of the four observers present witnessed the  transit.  Both used small 
    refractors. A third observer using a small  refractor the transit.  I tried to 
    record the transit with my 10" dob and a  Meade electronic eyepiece.   The 
    observed track was a few minutes of  arc above the predicted track (it was 
    supposed to track just above Tycho) and  out of my FOV.   Time to get a focal length 
    reducer.
    
    Location:  Brighton Dam, Maryland, USA
    39.1916N,  77.0067W
    02:39:24 UTC 31  January 2004
    Az 249 deg, El 59 deg.
    
    Cheers,
    Don Gardner 39.1799 N,  76.8406 W, 100m  ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    http://www.howardastro.org  
    
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