Double Lunar Occultation (V Rare!) on 7th April visible here
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Double Lunar Occultation (V Rare!) on 7th April visible here
Well,
hopefully visible!
The first star will be occulted in twilight
but worth the effort to observe all the same.
The two stars are 37Tau & 39Tau.
Here are the details and timings of the occultations they occur:
37Tau - Ingress @ 20:07:46
39Tau - Ingress @ 20:37:38
37Tau - Reappearance @ 21:07:36
39Tau - Reappearance @ 21:18:32
Best of luck any who attempt to observe this.
No doubt the club will be making an effort to get together to
see this rare occultation.
Sound off here if your interested.
hopefully visible!
The first star will be occulted in twilight
but worth the effort to observe all the same.
The two stars are 37Tau & 39Tau.
Here are the details and timings of the occultations they occur:
37Tau - Ingress @ 20:07:46
39Tau - Ingress @ 20:37:38
37Tau - Reappearance @ 21:07:36
39Tau - Reappearance @ 21:18:32
Best of luck any who attempt to observe this.
No doubt the club will be making an effort to get together to
see this rare occultation.
Sound off here if your interested.
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Well I'm up for that...
But thats the night of
the April meeting.......
Do we want to make it
an observing session instead???????
I dont mind giving my talk in May.....
After all isn't this what an Astronomy club
should be doing, looking for moments like
this and trying to catch em.....
Dave that'll give us the chance we need
to put the Bino's and Mount to the test..
So ya, an observing session gets my vote.
Cheers Roy
But thats the night of
the April meeting.......
Do we want to make it
an observing session instead???????
I dont mind giving my talk in May.....
After all isn't this what an Astronomy club
should be doing, looking for moments like
this and trying to catch em.....
Dave that'll give us the chance we need
to put the Bino's and Mount to the test..
So ya, an observing session gets my vote.
Cheers Roy
Roy Stewart.
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well ok,
How about we go for the observing session idea, we'll know hours before hand what's happening with the weather.
If the weather is crap, could you (Roy) do the talk as planned.
No point standing under clouds.
If we're going to do this, we'll need to send out texts alerting people to bring their scopes.
How about we go for the observing session idea, we'll know hours before hand what's happening with the weather.
If the weather is crap, could you (Roy) do the talk as planned.
No point standing under clouds.
If we're going to do this, we'll need to send out texts alerting people to bring their scopes.
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Right so, I'll bring the club 10''
Conan, I wonder are your able to bring the 12''?
I know your busy studying at the moment.
Your right Dave.
We have to tell people that they NEED to brign thier scopes for this.
It's such a fast event.
How about I bring in my observing table & set up the 10''
with my webcam and show it live on the club laptop for people that don't have a scope?
Conan, I wonder are your able to bring the 12''?
I know your busy studying at the moment.
Your right Dave.
We have to tell people that they NEED to brign thier scopes for this.
It's such a fast event.
How about I bring in my observing table & set up the 10''
with my webcam and show it live on the club laptop for people that don't have a scope?
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yea, good idea Frank, the laptop can well do it,. I'll make sure its charged.
People need to bring what they can, this is a sub second event, there can be no sharing the eyepiece view as its sooo fast,
Is the weather forecast accurate that far into the future ??
People need to bring what they can, this is a sub second event, there can be no sharing the eyepiece view as its sooo fast,
Is the weather forecast accurate that far into the future ??
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you know, the weather forecast is looking good for this, I'll change the talks calander to accomadate for this.
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guys, we need to start the club meeting at 7.30 as the first ingress is a 20.08, this should be in the text sent out.
Website updated also.
i'll do up a few sheets and put them up in the room for stragglers, incase they think we havet showed up.
Website updated also.
i'll do up a few sheets and put them up in the room for stragglers, incase they think we havet showed up.
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Got a few glimpses of the Moon through broken cloud, good for testing the binos and new mount, hopefully we'll have better luck next time.
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me, but what a way to go.
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me, but what a way to go.