Moon occults Spica Xmas morning

[Wolverine]

The Christmas Morning Occultation of Spica (http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/article_1620_1.asp)

...on the morning of Christmas Day 2005 when kids are getting up to thoughts of presents, the waning crescent Moon will blot out Spica, the brightest star of Virgo.

[mickal555]

ooooooh

Sounds cool :razz:


*goes off to check if it will in australia*

[Maksutov]

The Christmas Morning Occultation of Spica (http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/article_1620_1.asp)Whoa! The Alpha Virgin gets Mooned?

I'm surprised the hyperdimensional aspects of this haven't been noted over on the Enterprise Mission! Such stuff would appear to be right up Hoagland's "alley". :lol:

[Wolverine]

I can imagine. Heck, I couldn't bring myself to paste the opening portion of the article's topic sentence.

[Wolverine]

ooooooh

Sounds cool :razz:


*goes off to check if it will in australia*

Sorry mickal, doesn't look to be the case.

[Dave Mitsky]

IOTA has two pages on the occultation at http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/1225zc1925tot.htm and http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/1225zc1925grz.htm

Dave Mitsky