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Re: Venus occultation Monday for North America
From: Stan K
Date: 2015 Dec 7, 21:19 -0500
From: Stan K
Date: 2015 Dec 7, 21:19 -0500
I used to do lunar graze occultations with my old astronomy club. They said I was cursed, because almost every time (all but one) I went it would be cloudy. Some members claimed that they would not bother showing up if they knew I would be there, but I really believed they had other commitments. Now I'm not so sure. Maybe there really is a Klein curse, but at least I did get to see something similar to Don's photo.
Stan
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From: Don Seltzer <NoReply_Seltzer@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 3:27 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Venus occultation Monday for North America
From: Don Seltzer <NoReply_Seltzer@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 3:27 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Venus occultation Monday for North America
Here was my view at 12:13 pm EST, just west of Boston.
Don SeltzerOn Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Stan K <NoReply_StanK@fer3.com> wrote:
I went out around 11:00 with binoculars, and, after finding the moon, a little sliver not that easy to find, nearby Venus was easy, much brighter than the moon. So I got a telescope ready. At about 12:15 the clouds started rolling in. I was hoping for a break by the time of the occultation, but it just got worse. To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, "I looked for Venus...but clouds got in the way."
Stan
