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7th August 2012, 03:59 PM
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Moon Occults Venus - N. America & E. Asia - Aug 13-14
During the afternoon of 2012 AUG 13 the waning crescent Moon will occult (cover) a half lit Venus for many observers in North America. They may be visible by naked eye for those who know where to look, but optical aid would be helpful. Avoid looking at the Sun. For many East Asians it will be a predawn event on AUG 14.
I’ve created two graze maps, Besselian elements and a preview for Chicago. The graphics for those and my more detailed article can be found on my lunar webpage at: www.CurtRenz.com/moon Photos and descriptions of the event would be welcome additions to this thread. |
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7th August 2012, 05:15 PM
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* Moon Occludes Venus
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7th August 2012, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian-M
Thank you for your interest, Brian. However, for this type of astronomical event the noun is occultation and the verb is occult: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultation |
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12th August 2012, 10:50 AM
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If you would like my predicted timings for immersion and emersion at your location, please reply with a longitude, latitude, altitude and time zone.
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12th August 2012, 06:59 PM
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We're going to have clouds, Notrump. :-(
Just got my ETX firmware upgraded, too. (Which was an immense hassle.) |
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12th August 2012, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BenBurch
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13th August 2012, 05:55 PM
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Seeing chart for tonight out here in the super-boonies; http://cleardarksky.com/c/U46PlnILkey.html?1
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13th August 2012, 06:00 PM
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Oh! I see it happened around 15:38 today. It was totally cloudy then.
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13th August 2012, 07:54 PM
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Darn. I got up at 03:40 local, but had just missed it. The moon and Venus so close together were still pretty enough to get up for.
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