Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Occultation of Antares 24 April
The Moon will occult (pass in front of) the bright star Antares on the morning of April 24. You can see this in Southern Australia in the early hours of the morning of April 24th (In WA the occultation occurs before midnight). The Moon will be four days after full and quite high in the sky. In New Zealand, the Sun rises around the time Antares comes out from behind the dark limb. This will also be a good event to watch in binoculars or a small telescope.
On the East coast of Australia Antares disappears between roughly 2:45 am and 3 am , and reappears around 4am. In central Australia south of Alice Springs, it disappears around 2 am and reappaears around 3:15 am. in WA it disappears around 11:30 pm on the 23rd, and reappears just before 1:00 am. A full table of contacts for major Australian cities is here.
A table with more details of this occultation, with contact times for other cities (mostly New Zealand) in UT time are here.
On the East coast of Australia Antares disappears between roughly 2:45 am and 3 am , and reappears around 4am. In central Australia south of Alice Springs, it disappears around 2 am and reappaears around 3:15 am. in WA it disappears around 11:30 pm on the 23rd, and reappears just before 1:00 am. A full table of contacts for major Australian cities is here.
A table with more details of this occultation, with contact times for other cities (mostly New Zealand) in UT time are here.
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# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 6:28 am 
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