Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Occultation of Neptune by the Moon April 30.
The Moon will occult the dim planet Neptune on the morning of April 30. This event will be seen in Far Northern Australia. The Moon will be just past last quater. Despite Neptune being only magnitude 8, this means that the reappearance at least will be observable in good (10x50's or better) binoculars as well as telescopes. The disappearance will be almost impossible to see against the bright Moon. The almost last quarter Moon will be low in the eastern sky when the occultation occurs. Neptune is the brightest object just below the Moon. The occulatation cannot be seen south of Bundaberg and Canarvon. In Darwin, Neptune will dissapear behind the bright limb of the Moon at 2:35 am and reappears from behind the dark limb at 3:42 am.
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# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 9:44 pm 
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