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Date: 16 Jun 2007 21:50:20
From: Ben
Subject: MOON - VESTA, June 18, 07
Moon, June 18,
0h UTC

coords: 08 27 n 22 14
cent long trmntr: e 59.57d
sin long: 0.862
ecc ell: 0.609
dist: 236 855 mi / 381 182 km
diam: 30.9'
illum: 10.4%

Features:
N- Apollonius, Firmicus, Auzout, Condorcet,
Eimmart + graben, Hahn, Berosus, Gauss
at 0h trmntr xing Cleomedes

S- Maclaurin, Kapteyn, Hecataeus, Humboldt (+)
at 0h trmntr xing Langrenus, Petavius, Vendelinus
Libration: e 5.83d, s 3.42d

Moon trav 12.205d @ 0.492 d/h

VESTA: 16 15 20 s 14 46
5.7 mag, trav 31"/h
Vesta is about 4 deg WNW of Phi Oph and
near the middle star of a group of three 6 mag
points on the Scorpius border.

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539





 
Date: 17 Jun 2007 11:22:12
From: Ben
Subject: Re: MOON - VESTA, June 18, 07
On Jun 17, 1:15 am, Matthew Ota <otake...@bigvalley.net > wrote:
> On Jun 16, 9:50 pm, Ben <bet71...@netzero.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Moon, June 18,
> > 0h UTC
>
> > coords: 08 27 n 22 14
> > cent long trmntr: e 59.57d
> > sin long: 0.862
> > ecc ell: 0.609
> > dist: 236 855 mi / 381 182 km
> > diam: 30.9'
> > illum: 10.4%
>
> > Features:
> > N- Apollonius, Firmicus, Auzout, Condorcet,
> > Eimmart + graben, Hahn, Berosus, Gauss
> > at 0h trmntr xing Cleomedes
>
> > S- Maclaurin, Kapteyn, Hecataeus, Humboldt (+)
> > at 0h trmntr xing Langrenus, Petavius, Vendelinus
> > Libration: e 5.83d, s 3.42d
>
> > Moon trav 12.205d @ 0.492 d/h
>
> > VESTA: 16 15 20 s 14 46
> > 5.7 mag, trav 31"/h
> > Vesta is about 4 deg WNW of Phi Oph and
> > near the middle star of a group of three 6 mag
> > points on the Scorpius border.
>
> > Clear Skies,
> > Ben, 90.126 n 35.539
>
> Moon Occults Vesta?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Not unless something has gone dreadfully wrong...



 
Date: 17 Jun 2007 06:15:15
From: Matthew Ota
Subject: Re: MOON - VESTA, June 18, 07
On Jun 16, 9:50 pm, Ben <bet71...@netzero.com > wrote:
> Moon, June 18,
> 0h UTC
>
> coords: 08 27 n 22 14
> cent long trmntr: e 59.57d
> sin long: 0.862
> ecc ell: 0.609
> dist: 236 855 mi / 381 182 km
> diam: 30.9'
> illum: 10.4%
>
> Features:
> N- Apollonius, Firmicus, Auzout, Condorcet,
> Eimmart + graben, Hahn, Berosus, Gauss
> at 0h trmntr xing Cleomedes
>
> S- Maclaurin, Kapteyn, Hecataeus, Humboldt (+)
> at 0h trmntr xing Langrenus, Petavius, Vendelinus
> Libration: e 5.83d, s 3.42d
>
> Moon trav 12.205d @ 0.492 d/h
>
> VESTA: 16 15 20 s 14 46
> 5.7 mag, trav 31"/h
> Vesta is about 4 deg WNW of Phi Oph and
> near the middle star of a group of three 6 mag
> points on the Scorpius border.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

Moon Occults Vesta?



  
Date: 17 Jun 2007 15:45:20
From: Florian
Subject: Re: MOON - VESTA, June 18, 07
> Moon Occults Vesta?


Well... the moon is _always_ occulting Vesta if you're in the right =
place. ;-)

.Florian