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Dave Mitsky
09-January-2006, 04:32 PM
The Moon will occult the Pleiades tonight throughout the United States.

Browse http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/2006plnam/pleiadna.htm for further information.

Dave Mitsky
Maksutov
09-January-2006, 04:45 PM
The Moon will occult the Pleiades tonight throughout the United States.

Browse http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/2006plnam/pleiadna.htm for further information.

Dave MitskyThanks for the reminder, we'll check it out, weather permitting.

I wonder if those with really big scopes (12"+) will be able to see the gas clouds obscured?
redshifter
09-January-2006, 06:38 PM
Gee, I'm sure glad it's FREAKIN' POURING DOWN RAIN here in the Pac NW. Thanks for the info though!
Lance
09-January-2006, 06:48 PM
Talk about going from bad to worse...

My weather is going from cloudy to increasing clouds.
hhEb09'1
09-January-2006, 06:59 PM
I wonder if those with really big scopes (12"+) will be able to see the gas clouds obscured?The moon is getting towards full, right? That's an awful lot of nearby light pollution.

I just noticed (thanks Dave) that we may have close to a grazer in Alcyone here, just near the end of the dark limb. That'd be kinda cool.

PS: while I do appreciate Lance bumping the thread, I'd meant to thank Dave for starting it.
mickal555
10-January-2006, 08:54 AM
Wounder if it will be vissible here... I dought it though it already cloudy...
Kaptain K
10-January-2006, 06:41 PM
Arrrrgh! First cloudy night in a month!
redshifter
10-January-2006, 08:18 PM
Was anyone able to check this event out? Rainy and very windy all night here...
Dave Mitsky
11-January-2006, 06:10 AM
I watched the event through clouds and haze.

Dave Mitsky
Kaptain K
11-January-2006, 09:01 AM
Arrrrgh! First cloudy night in a month!
Arrrrgh! again! Perfectly clear again tonight! :wall:
hhEb09'1
11-January-2006, 09:46 AM
Arrrrgh! again! Perfectly clear again tonight! :wall:Careful, you don't want to be banging your head against the wall for the next thirty days... or maybe you do :) why else would you be Kaptain 4K?

I watched it with just a pair of binoculars. Was that notch in the terminator the Bay of Rainbows? I was impressed.
StarrGazr
05-April-2006, 02:38 AM
I was able to catch a photo of this from Hudson, NH. It was so beautiful!

http://static.flickr.com/43/121661880_04f791b575_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracylee/121661880)

Click the image to see a larger image.
redshifter
05-April-2006, 06:56 PM
Nice!
StarrGazr
05-April-2006, 10:19 PM
Thanks! I was pretty excited. :)