Too bad the weather isn't promising - a similar occultation in 1989(?) was one of the observing highlights of my astronomy life. If the weather cooperates, I HIGHLY recommend that y'all try to observe this event. -----Original Message----- From: James Cobb [mailto:james@cobb.name] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:00 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Fwd: Saturn occults mag 8.5 star If there is interest (and possibly a clear sky), I thought I'd send around xephem predictions of the occultation for Salt Lake City. The first is just before the rings encounter the star, the second is just as the disk encounters the star. In a separate message I'll send the other two contacts (to keep message size to approx 16 kB). For reference, here is Patrick's dispatch on the subject
Saturn To Cover A Star
Late Friday night (November 14-15) Saturn and its ring system glide right in front of an 8.4-magnitude star in Gemini, and observers in North and South America will have a ringside seat.
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/ article_1102_1.asp