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#1 2005-06-13 13:54:47

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Re: Luna Occults Jupiter

*Folks in New Zealand and northern Australia are favored for this event. 

http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/ … r.htm]IOTA (locales, etc.)

Info courtesy universetoday.com.

--Cindy


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)

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#2 2005-06-15 07:02:29

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Re: Luna Occults Jupiter

*The occultation occurs tomorrow, June 16.

But tonight (June 15) Luna and Jupiter will appear very close; less than 1 degree apart.  Look towards the south after twilight.  I've been watching the progression of the Moon across Leo, and of course it's heading right "for" Jupiter.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2005/ … th.gif]Sky map

--Cindy


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)

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#3 2005-06-16 10:19:16

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Re: Luna Occults Jupiter

http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2005/1 … nteresting astrophoto...

*Yep, is Luna...in full daylight.  The tiny, ghostly orb above and slightly to the right is Jupiter.  I am amazed that Jupiter can be seen in the full light of day (via unaided eye), but recently it was -- orbitally speaking -- the closest to Earth it ever gets, and has been especially bright lately.

Photo taken by Mr. Richard Challis.  Spaceweather.com hosting. 

--Cindy


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)

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