Re: Am I reading this right -- moon occults Saturn morning of 10 December. tomorrow?


"Chris L Peterson" <clp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:18:46 -0500, "Joe S." <anon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was checking my StarryNight in preparation for trying to catch the
Jupiter-Mars-Mercury sight the morning of 10 December and noticed it looks
as though the Moon will occult Saturn beginning around 0500 and continuing
until around 1000 (Eastern). Right??

Depends on your location. There is an occultation for observers in much
of Europe; I don't think it's visible anywhere in North America,
however.




Hmmmm. Strange indeed. I just went back to Starry Night, made certain I
had my correct location -- Central East Tennessee, 35d 58m N 083d 55m W --
then I ran the time forward to 10 December 0500, 0600, 0700 . . . 1000 and
Starry Night shows the Moon moving in front of Saturn, visible from here.

Oh, well, I don't understand most of this stuff. I'll be up around 0430
anyway for my morning run so I'll pre-position the scope and leave the
eyepiece case and binos out overnight to cool down and see what happens.





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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


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