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Palomar

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Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Moon Occults Antares (Europe)

*European skywatchers in for a treat:  Early a.m. occultation of Antares by the Moon. 

http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/ … 6.htm]IOTA tables:  Times/locales

Wish I could see this event; Antares is my favorite star.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Moon Occults Antares (Europe)

*Well dang that first article.  :-\  There's a bit more to this story.

Its]http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050225_antares_moon.html]It's a bit more complicated (a good thing)

There'll be another occultation of Antares by our Moon on March 3, May 24 and -- for viewers in southern U.S. (me) -- yet another opportunity on July 17 - 18.  Yay. 

However, only 1 event timetable is provided in the current article.  Will update this as other timetables become available for the other dates.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)