[AZ-Observing] Re: Asteroid Occultation
- From: Thad Robosson <starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:22:24 -0700
>An occultation by the asteroid 409 Aspasia is predicted to pass over
the Phoenix area next Sunday night (the 22nd) at approximately 7:16 pm
MST. The star to be >occulted is 11.0 magnitude, the asteroid is 161km
wide, and the duration of the occultation is up to a lengthy 29 seconds.
Just an educated guess, but isn't it still just a bit light outside at
that time to be able to find an 11th mag. star? Twilight ends at 19:43
that evening. Sorry
if I doused any high spirits....I do hope that I'm wrong.
Thad
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