[AZ-Observing] Re: Venus Occultation Wednesday Morning

HI- I got to see the occultation in a clear sky from Rio Verde using my 
20x10 binoculars.   I had my time cube running and the ingress seemed to be 
right on time, but from here I missed the egress.  It must have happened at 
12.59 GCT.  When I started looking again at 1300 Venus was blazing away in 
the clear.
Regards
Keith Parizek
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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:05 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Venus Occultation Wednesday Morning


I was running the planetarium software to see how high Jupiter is
getting in the morning, and was surprised to learn about how favorably
placed we are for the occultation of Venus by the moon next Wednesday.
The two crescents will be about 12 degrees above the eastern horizon
when the moon covers Venus.  Leading up to the event, twilight will show
nice colors for camera-and-tripod photography, since this is 45 minutes
to an hour before sunrise.  Disappearance occurs at 5:10 a.m., and Venus
reappears at 6:00, with the sun just rising.  It will take about two
minutes for Venus to be fully covered.  I don't expect the reappearance
will be as interesting, since we will not see the Earthshine at sunrise.

Tom

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