31 Mar
2013
31 Mar
'13
3:28 p.m.
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. Tom Sevcik