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Date: 25 Jul 2006 15:06:07
From: Mad
Subject: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Just to let you know.
On Thursday 27th July the Moon will Occult Mars.
Starting at 17:55 BST from London (check your local times)
All over 18:50 BST from London.
Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
--
Mac.
Orange skies of London.
I'm not realy mad, it just the little voices tell me i am.
LX200 10" GPS.
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 08:49:44
From: jc
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Mad wrote:
> Just to let you know.
>
> On Thursday 27th July the Moon will Occult Mars.
> Starting at 17:55 BST from London (check your local times)
> All over 18:50 BST from London.
>
> Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
>
>
>
> --
> Mac.
>
> Orange skies of London.
> I'm not realy mad, it just the little voices tell me i am.
>
> LX200 10" GPS.
You sure ? I'm only 5mins east of London (timezone = 0 +1 hr DST +
5min) HNSky and Skymap show ~ 18:59 to 19:53 BST
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 16:59:47
From: Mad
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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On 25 Jul 2006 08:49:44 -0700, jc <joncarruthers@hotmail.com > wrote:
>
> Mad wrote:
>> Just to let you know.
>>
>> On Thursday 27th July the Moon will Occult Mars.
>> Starting at 17:55 BST from London (check your local times)
>> All over 18:50 BST from London.
>>
>> Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mac.
>>
>> Orange skies of London.
>> I'm not realy mad, it just the little voices tell me i am.
>>
>> LX200 10" GPS.
>
> You sure ? I'm only 5mins east of London (timezone = 0 +1 hr DST +
> 5min) HNSky and Skymap show ~ 18:59 to 19:53 BST
>
>
Whoops, I had unchecked daylight saving,
Your times are correct, my mistake.
--
Mac.
Orange skies of London.
I'm not realy mad, it just the little voices tell me i am.
LX200 10" GPS.
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 14:46:58
From: atasselli@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Brian Tung wrote:
> Andrea T. wrote:
> > > Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
> >
> > Not a chance.
>
> Ahh, Andrea, always a sporting fellow.
>
I expect the weather to be uncooperative at best in these occasions
(here in the UK anyway). This said all the best you can get is a very
faded orange blob being occulted by a rather faded thin crescent.
Somehow I don't think I'm gonna lose any sleep over it...
Andrea T.
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 13:42:02
From: Brian Tung
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Mac wrote:
> Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
It's not the daylight, it's the closeness to the Sun. The elongation's
less than 30 degrees.
It will be interesting to see if someone a bit further east does a
twilight shot of this.
--
Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu >
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 21:26:22
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:42:02 -0700 (PDT), brian@isi.edu (Brian Tung)
wrote:
>Mac wrote:
>> Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
>
>It's not the daylight, it's the closeness to the Sun. The elongation's
>less than 30 degrees.
>
>It will be interesting to see if someone a bit further east does a
>twilight shot of this.
Just for fun, I tried for Mars a little earlier (about noon local). Even
with the less than perfectly clear skies we are having with the monsoon
season, Mars was easy with the 12" SCT. With a 32mm EP I could bounce
back and forth between Mars and Regulus; they look about the same.
When I say easy, I do mean easy. Seeing this occultation should be no
problem at all if the skies are relatively clear. From here Mars is only
about a half degree from the Moon, but maybe I'll have a look anyway.
As with all daytime observing, picking up Mars without goto may be
tricky.
_________________________________________________
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 14:33:44
From: Brian Tung
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
> Just for fun, I tried for Mars a little earlier (about noon local). Even
> with the less than perfectly clear skies we are having with the monsoon
> season, Mars was easy with the 12" SCT. With a 32mm EP I could bounce
> back and forth between Mars and Regulus; they look about the same.
>
> When I say easy, I do mean easy. Seeing this occultation should be no
> problem at all if the skies are relatively clear. From here Mars is only
> about a half degree from the Moon, but maybe I'll have a look anyway.
Neat. I might give it a try later this evening (they'll be further
apart by then).
> As with all daytime observing, picking up Mars without goto may be
> tricky.
I once found Mercury near high noon by drift aligning the C5+, picking
up the Sun with the solar filter (I wanted to observe it anyway), and
then making up the difference to Mercury with the setting circles.
That was a bit of work. (But worth it. I did get a decent look at
Mercury.)
--
Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu >
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.html
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Date: 27 Jul 2006 01:17:50
From: Anthony Ayiomamitis
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Brian Tung wrote:
> Mac wrote:
>
>>Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
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>
<snip >
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> It will be interesting to see if someone a bit further east does a
> twilight shot of this.
>
I know someone "a bit further east" already making plans! ;-)
Anthony
(Athens, Greece)
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 13:28:43
From: atasselli@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Mad wrote:
> Just to let you know.
>
> On Thursday 27th July the Moon will Occult Mars.
> Starting at 17:55 BST from London (check your local times)
> All over 18:50 BST from London.
>
> Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
>
Not a chance.
Andrea T.
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Date: 25 Jul 2006 13:42:31
From: Brian Tung
Subject: Re: Moon Occultation of Mars
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Andrea T. wrote:
> > Hey i know its daylight here but accept it as a challenge
>
> Not a chance.
Ahh, Andrea, always a sporting fellow.
--
Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu >
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.html
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