For those interested in grazes, here are data on additional events: http://www.timerson.net/IOTA patrick On 08 Apr 2008, at 18:42, Canopus56 wrote:
On Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 9:48pm MDT (2008-04-14 3:48 UT), magnitude 6.6, spectral class A0 star HD76706 will graze the northwest quadrant of the Moon as viewed from Salt Lake City, Utah. (The northwest quadrant of the Moon when viewed from the Earth is in the northeast corner of the lunar disk.) This will provide Salt Lake City amateur astronomers the opportunity to observe a lunar graze using telescopes or binoculars.
I have created a wikipage with background information on the observing opportunity, including charts, ephemeris times and Google Earth kml plot files of the ground graze path. http://canopus56.wikispaces.com/20080413LunarGraze
It is rare to have a lunar grazing occultation traverse directly through the easily accessible largest city in Utah. Such a graze may occur only once every three or four years. If you are a Utah amateur interested in learning about lunar occultation observing, this is a good opportunity to try this observing task without having to drive a long distance. There are over 100 SLAS members within a 10 minute driving distance of the graze-path.
The graze path on the SLC valley floor - http://canopus56.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/20080413LG_img12.jpg
An animated gif of graze - http://canopus56.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/20080413LG_img09.gif
As with all amateur astronomy opportunities in Utah this time of year, the probability of bad weather preventing observering is high.
- Kurt