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[PHXJeff@xxxxxxx]

Did anyone else catch the lunar occultation on Monday night? I have seen 
many of these and this was one of the better ones. It caught me by 
surprise as S&T ad no mention of it. 

I was testing my 13.1 DOB getting ready for the ASU West star Party. At 
low power I was looking at the moon and noticed a fairly bright star very 
close to the edge nearly in the middle of the dark part of the moon. I 
went to high power and a few seconds later watched the star wink out. 
Very interesting. I did some research and it appears the star was SAO 
77459.

Anyone else catch that? It was around 9 PM.

Jeff

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