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Very good seeing and transparency for this event south of Hobart, but of course some turbulence due to the low elevation. Despite the turbulence there were regular excellent moments of very clear seeing that gave excellent views. Best viewing was with a 7mm eyepiece (113X) through my Vixen ED103S.
I think I detected some dimming of Lambda Aquarii just before ingress on the bright limb of Venus. This might have been illusory given the very bright limb.
At egress on the dark limb, a clearly fainter Lambda Aquarii emerged almost, but not, quite instantaneously and proceeded to brighten over a period of several seconds (I was not counting) to reach it's full brightness. Certainly very different to the lunar occultations of stars that I have viewed.
It was an interesting and enjoyable session. Just a pity they are so rare.
Cheers
Steve.
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