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FREE! once in a lifetime chance...
« on: May 21, 2004, 10:24:43 AM »
Hum, not often you see Venus during the daytime...
But today, the Moon will occult (blot out) Venus, as seen from some locations in Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.
 In the US and elsewhere the two objects will be stunningly close to each other. (Make a nice backdrop picture)
This Rare event will occur during daylight , look about 25 degrees East of the Sun; like Venus , the Moon will appear as a very thin crescent.
In Aberdeen , Scotland it`ll make first contact at 12:25 00 pm GMT

Disappearance times:

LONDON 11h 9m 33s UT   [color=0000FF]57 52 115[/color] ( Alt Alt Az )
KATHMANDU 13h 21m 22s UT [color=0000FF] -4 20 29 [/color] (Alt Alt Az)

Venus will appear about 1 hour 9 minutes later....

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Re: FREE! once in a lifetime chance...
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2004, 07:35:05 PM »
Bother!

sunny... then hailstones at the crucial time... now its sunny...

Hummm... i`ll just make do with the  comet

[yea , i remember watching the thing on the tv, then dashing outside to the park, with my telescope, to view a beautiful crescent in a cloudless sky...]



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Re: FREE! once in a lifetime chance...
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2004, 04:54:09 PM »
Well there`s a nice event, that the whole astronomy community is buzzing about, about to happen...

And it`s just as rare... (well worth going blind for)...

THE TRANSIT  :-)  


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Re: FREE! once in a lifetime chance...
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2004, 01:36:21 AM »
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