Occultation of Neptune by the moon, TONIGHT, Sep13
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
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Hi All,
I nearly completely forgot about this one.
The moon crosses in front of Neptune tonight, it starts to cross neptune at 03h 20m 56s (saturday morning 13th) and obscures the disk in less then about 7 seconds, the planet then appears from behind the moon 04h 07m 21s and this again takes about 7 seconds, it would be interesting to time it precisely at the eyepeice.
Neptune is at mag 7.84 so requiring a telescope.
The moon will be setting at this stage but if its clear and you're up, then have a look for it,
I nearly completely forgot about this one.
The moon crosses in front of Neptune tonight, it starts to cross neptune at 03h 20m 56s (saturday morning 13th) and obscures the disk in less then about 7 seconds, the planet then appears from behind the moon 04h 07m 21s and this again takes about 7 seconds, it would be interesting to time it precisely at the eyepeice.
Neptune is at mag 7.84 so requiring a telescope.
The moon will be setting at this stage but if its clear and you're up, then have a look for it,
Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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michaeloconnell wrote:
Excellent, I finally witnessed a Neptunian occultation so, another item to cross of the list...
Does the occultation of Neptune by cloud count as an occultation??
If so, the occultation commenced approx 6 months ago and is till in progress.
Excellent, I finally witnessed a Neptunian occultation so, another item to cross of the list...
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Former IFAS Chairperson and Secretary.
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