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["Joseph R. Goss" <apachejo@xxxxxxx>]

Tom
         I ran this on guide 8.0 The star was 10 mag  GSC 1324 2107. First
contact with the ring was at 0045, first contact with the planet was at
0210, last contact with the planet was at 0525, and last contact with the
ring was at 0720
        The only time the star was clearly between the planet and the rings
was between 0525 and 0535.

                        Joe
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From: "Tom Polakis" <polakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Anybody See Saturn Occultation?


> I was out there last night, once at about 1:00, and again at 5:00.  I
> never saw the 10th-magnitude star that should have been near Saturn.
> Seeing was pretty terrible, so you wouldn't expect to see much at ingress,
> with Saturn 10 degrees above the horizon.  It was still bad when Saturn
> was near the zenith four hours later.  I didn't expect to see the
> reappearance, but at least hoped to see the star between the globe and the
> C ring.  For what it's worth, Tethys and Dione (both 10th magnitude) were
> steadily visible at this time, but they were a bit farther out from the
> glare of the planet.
>
> Tom
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