[AZ-Observing] Saturn Occultation early Thursday morning

Hello all;

On Thursday morning a 10th mag star (GSC 1324-2107) will be occulted by Saturn. 
 The ingress times will be around 1:00 AM on the 19th of Sept, but Saturn will 
only be about 10 degrees above the horizon.  Starting around 5:00 AM the star 
makes its way out from behind the ball of the planet and passes behind the 
rings.  For the egress section of this event, the planet will be up 60 degrees 
or so.

This rare event is well worth making time to observe.

AJ Crayon and I observed the occultation of 28 SGR in 1988(?) and it was 
fascinating.  This star is 5 magnitudes fainter so it will not be quite as 
brilliant, but may also be well worth missing some sleep to see.

If anyone has more accurate information, please post it.  

As a preview of a another fascinating event, in January of next year Saturn 
will move across the face of the Crab nebula, M1.  I also look forward to 
checking that one out also.

Lots of fun;
Steve Coe

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author:  Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org

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