Occultation of Saturn

[Ant]

According to Starry night the moon completely occults Saturn on the morning of Friday 2nd March. It's around 2am from memory.

It's a close thing and Saturn is only behind saturn for around 30 minutes, so I'm guessing that other locations will not be so lucky.

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere.

Ant

[Vega]

Thanks for the heads up ant.

For UK viewers the East side of the country can witness the occultation, more Western area's will only see a close pass-by or graze

See this page for more info and maps - couresy of the SPA

UK weather forecast lookin good so far, not so sure about the weather for the eclipse though

Vega

[Jaffa007]

Will anybody be taking video of this event???? [Weather permiting]

Weather not looking good for my area

Saw one once [on the net], was facinating to see it disappear then reapear. :shock:

[daz]

I will - at least, I'll be trying!!!

[Jaffa007]

Good man, good man.

Here's fingers crossed for clear skies........ Nobody buy a scope or ANYTHING till after Saturday night!!!

[lunator]

I have just looked at the SPA map and I am just on the inside of the graze line.....

I'll try an get a pic if at all possible.

Cheers

Ian

[CH]

Can anyone tell me if I will get a view of it here ? (Turkey) or is it something only viewable from there ?

[daz]

Checking Stellarium for Istanbul, you should get to see it at about 2:40ish Clive. Start watching 2:30am onwards and you should be OK!

[CH]

Thanks for that. I had forgotten about Starry night and could have checked myself!!.

Having looked at that now and the lovely clear sky tonight it won't be something I can view from here (I'm a lot further south than Istanbul)

So I expect lots of nice photos and videos from there please.!

[daz]

It's pee-ing down here!!! Grrrrrrrr!!

The forecast says it will clear - it had bleddy better!!!

[Ant]

I was all up for this - I'd warned work that i would be asleep at my desk for most of the day (thought I may as well go into work straight from the occultation)!

But not only is it cloudy here - was lovely and clear here up to around an hour or two ago... I had a slight accident with a rather sharp knife earlier today. Spent over an hour in our work emergency room trying to get the finger to stop bleeding.

I'm certain that I won't lose the top of my finger now - but i have nasty cuts on two fingers and my thumb - I can't lift the HEQ5 or scope up.

I'm really hoping that they'll be better for the eclipse.

Moral of the story - DO NOT try to catch a butchers knife that you have dropped

Ant

[GazOC]

Still clear here, hopefully I might see a graze as we're right on the edge here in Chester.

[daz]

Well, I got to see it - just!!

Got up way too late to set up any scopes, so it was a bino job!

Bang on time for my location as well!! 8)

[lunator]

Daz

glad you got to see it.

I just stayed up.

I set up the Newt with the 25mm ortho & the S5600 and I whatched visually through the OMC140.

It was amazing to watch.

[daz]

Well, this year is a good one for occultations apparently, so hopefully one of them will be at a weekend!!

[Kai]

OH FUDGE *!!#@#

I got my days wrong...AHHHHHHHH

No wonder Starry night looked "wrong" for tonight. DOH

I blame that 2nd bottle of red last night.......Honest

NOW it is Saturday night for the Lunar eclipse isnt it ?

[Vega]

Yes... tomorrow, Saturday 3rd. (yes it does go on in to Sunday but wipe Sunday from your brain!) Set 25 alarm clocks, write it on your forehead, write it on the back of the toilet door.

:sunny: :moon:

Vega

[Kai]

I think i best write it on the bottom of my wine glass on past performance.

OR

Drink all the red in the house tonight and then i will be safe for tommorow

[daz]

I like the latter!!

I have 2 tonnes of DIY to catch up on tonight before I'm allowed out tomorrow!!!!

[Kai]

At least it will be raining tonight,forcast is that tomorow will be clear

[daz]

Mine has gone from clear to *$^£ !!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

[blinky]

Same here it was lovely at lunchtime, looking good or so I thought......

How annoying is this!

[daz]

Well, no DIY done. Still I have demolished 1/2 crate of Stella.

Does that count??

[Kai]

:nono:

So you were moving the Stella out of the way before you started the DIY ???

Yup i recon thats fair,now you can go outside tonight to see the eclipse 8)

[daz]

Thanks Kai

I'll tell the wife you said it was OK

Forecast improved! DIY started! Back strained