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Grazing Occultation - not quite!


kerrylewis

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According to Astronomy Now a possible grazing occultation was due at 17.04 and from the map it looked as if I might be just on the line. The star was only mag 7 or so and picking it up at that time in the bright sky with the scope (Tak) was not easy. However I did manage to see it with about two minutes to spare. In the end it didn't quite graze the moon so I wasn't fortunate enough to see it winking out behind mountains. It was very close though and a few miles from here it might have been good.

What I did see was fascinating though: there were a couple of mountains on the limb which were just catching the light and they themselves looked like bright stars. The real star sailed by them with the movement being very obvious.

An interesting start to the evening - I hope it stays clear

Kerry 

 

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