[AZ-Observing] Re: Altitude of Leonid Moon
- From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 18:37:09 -0700
Rick,
Thanks. I'm glad we agree.
Stan
SaguaroAstro@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Stan,
>
> Skymap Pro shows the follwoing lunar data from Cherry Rd which is close
> enough to your place in Dewey for goverment work:
>
> 0300:
> Altitude: 42° 20' 29"
> Azimuth: 259° 25' 57"
>
> 0330:
> Altitude: 36° 23' 56"
> Azimuth: 264° 22' 2"
>
> 0400:
> Altitude: 30° 24' 55"
> Azimuth: 268° 49' 33"
>
> It looks like the the Moon will be about 90 degrees from the radiant.
>
>
> In a message dated 11/4/2002 17:02:12 US Mountain Standard Time,
> stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > If I am using GUIDE correctly, it appears that at 3:00 MST in the
> > morning of November 19 the moon will have an altitude of about 42
> > degress for Arizona. Could anyone verify this? It had been suggested in
> > stuff I read that a mountain to the west could hide the direct light of
> > the moon making it better for Leonid observing. However, at 42 degrees
> > above the horizon, such a mountain would also hide quite a bit of the
> > sky.
> >
> > Stan
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