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9 years 2 hours ago #105245 by flt158
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Good evening, all.
I notice in Neill's notices for December 2015 that the brightest star in Taurus Aldebaran will be occulted by our Moon on Wednesday evening after 6 pm. If it is clear, I will be setting up my 158 mm refractor. It will have to be in my front yard this time. I hope some of us will observe this mighty fine occultation this time round. Aldebaran has a magnitude of +0.9 and has a strong orange colour. The Moon will be 12.5 days old.

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Aubrey.

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8 years 11 months ago #105246 by eansbro
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Aubrey

I hope to see the disappearance at 6pm and the reappearance at 7pm. The near full Moon may be a challenge.
Clear skies.

Eamonn.
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8 years 11 months ago #105247 by Fermidox
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I fear Storm Eva is going to wipe this out.
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8 years 11 months ago #105248 by flt158
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According to Accuweather, we have rain coming at 7 pm. So I might get to see Aldebaran disappearing at 18.10 UT.
You never know!

Aubrey.

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8 years 11 months ago #105249 by flt158
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Overcast skies in Dublin -I'm afraid.
No sign of the Moon even!
Maybe someone else got a glimpse.

Aubrey.

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8 years 11 months ago #105250 by Paul Evans
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Clouded over for the ingress in Belfast, will check after 7 for the egress.

Paul
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