I was checking out the event prediction the other day, but I seem to recall that it wouldn't be an occultation from our location. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that's the reason I didn't put it on my short list. Pity to not see it, if it wasn't a miss from here. On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Thomas Sevcik <sfv1ts@hotmail.com> wrote:
Did anyone see the reappearance of Beta Scorpii from behind the dark rim of the waning gibbous Moon this morning? I woke up from a nap around 1:50 a.m. this morning and ran outside with my 10x50 Minolta binos. I might of missed the reappearance by a minute or two but, Wow! I didn't expect Beta to stand out so bright as it did. Being at mag 2.6, any glare from the Moon sure didn't diminish this little double-star gem.