Monday, August 28, 2006
Occultataion of Spica tonight (Monday 28th)
The northwestern horizon at 6:15 pm in Adelaide (click to enlarge). Similar views will be seen at similar local times in Australia and New Zeland.I've been a bit preoccupied with Pluto, so I nearly forgot the occultation of Spica. Tonight, people in Tasmania and Southern New Zealand will see the crescent Moon glide in front of the bright Star Spica. Tasmanians will see it disappear at 18:59 AEST, New Zealanders around 21:03 see Southern Skywatch for more details. The rest of us will see Spica spectacularly close to the crescent Moon, in Adelaide the Moon will be a mere 6 minutes of arc away (it will look like it is almost touching) at 18:15 ACST. In Melbourne it will be 4 minutes of arc at 18:57 AEST. So go and have a look between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm and watch Spica glide past the horns of the Moon.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 7:27 am 
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