Chuck Hards wrote:
Is anyone planning to observe the Spica occultation on Christmas morning? Looks like it will happen at about 6:35 or so, MST. We are near the southern limit so while technically it won't be graze, it will be darn close for SLC.
This would be a good event to record on video, re-emergence especially.
For those who want to watch (or record) here are the data: Spica Occultation Predictions Date 2005 December 25 (Sunday) Disappearance U.T. Sun Moon Location h m s Alt Alt Az Ogden UT 13 31 24 36 160 Provo UT 13 34 44 37 161 SaltLakeCity UT 13 32 47 36 161 Reappearance U.T. Sun Moon Location h m s Alt Alt Az Ogden UT 14 9 4 -8 37 171 Provo UT 14 8 30 -7 38 172 SaltLakeCity UT 14 8 34 -8 38 171 And here's a map to the graze: http://lunar-occultations.com/iota/1225zc1925grz.htm Patrick