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Lunar Occultation Saturday night

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9 years 1 month ago #103008 by flt158
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Hi all.

I have the Gibbous Moon at present in my 28mm eyepiece which has a magnification of 40X. I see double star 20 Geminorun to its southwest. The Moon will occult it at about 21.55 UT. I trust some will see it. Component A is magnitude 6.3, B is 6.8. The separation is 20" and the PA is 211 degrees.
Time for me to head back out!

Aubrey.
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9 years 1 month ago #103009 by flt158
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Hello again.

It is was lovely to see the 11 day old Gibbous Moon occulting no less than 3 stars on Saturday night . I ended up using the 112X eyepiece. First off was TYC 1333 995 (magnitude 7.9) disappearing at 21.38 UT. Then came the turn of 20 Geminorum. Component B went at 21.54; then A disappeared at 21.55 UT.
I also spotted a new fault -Rupes Toscanelli which heads north of the crater Aristarchus.

Earlier I observed Comet Lovejoy 5 degrees east of double star Almach.

Thanks for reading.

Aubrey.
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