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Re: ? ? ? Question on Lunars
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 25, 20:31 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 25, 20:31 -0500
Bruce, thanks. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Bruce Stark wrote: > Occultations were used at times. > But I don't expect they happen very often, You are not limited to twilight if you don't take altitudes. In a dark starry night many more stars are available than the usual lunar stars. > How > could you soften the moon's glare when both bodies were together? This is indeed a problem. I had to use my intermediate filter to reduce the moon's glare today. Still for a half of a month, osculations by the dark edge of the moon will be available. I mean when the moon is growing. > Actually I've never given it any thought, > but remember seeing something in > Bowditch about them. Not in the online version I use. When I'll make my own lunars spreadsheet I will definitely try it. The Frank Reed calculator which I use does not allow many stars. Besides it is down mow:-) Just at the time when I came with my new series of the lunars. Alex.