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["Frank Kraljic" <FJKraljic@xxxxxxx>]

Aside for Cassini's Division, did 28 Sag brighten when it passed Encke's
Division?  What about Keepler's?

I recall watching the event through a 40 year-old 60mm refractor--which I
still have incidentally--so my visual aid did not provide much of a gain for
me, although the event was pretty cool regardless.

Does anyone know of when another similar event is scheduled to happen?

-FRANK


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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Anybody See Saturn Occultation?


Yes, I was looking at that time, but as Frank wrote, this was like looking
for Phobos and Deimos near Mars.  The contrast just wasn't there, although
it may have been on a steadier night.

I was unrealistically hoping to see the star emerge through some of the
ring gaps as 28 Sagittarii did a decade ago.  That star is 100 times as
bright as this one, though.

Tom



Joe Goss wrote:

>         The only time the star was clearly between the planet and the
rings
> was between 0525 and 0535.


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