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Old 05-07-2015, 08:59 AM
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Nice one Jacquie!

Embargos - Plumbagos. As amateurs we can share our data with who ever wants it and can make good use of it.

From west of Sydney, it's not certain at all if we saw an event - see below... the blue readings - observed with the Evans-30 inch using our ADVS 14bit progressive scan GPS timestamed video system running at 7.5 frames per second (zero dead time).
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Old 13-07-2015, 01:25 PM
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Forgive me for not understanding all of this, I am a complete newbie... I had to Google occultation...

I am located in Perth, when will I be able to see Pluto? I am in the path to see the occultation? Over how long will it take?
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Old 13-07-2015, 01:34 PM
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Forgive me for not understanding all of this, I am a complete newbie... I had to Google occultation...

I am located in Perth, when will I be able to see Pluto? I am in the path to see the occultation? Over how long will it take?
This occultation happened a couple of weeks ago. However you could still image Pluto if you have the right gear. I think it's too faint to observe visually, but I'm not sure.
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Old 13-07-2015, 06:26 PM
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Hi mr2ns,

As Hugh has said, the occultation is over.

Pluto is still observable, but at magnitude +14 it is a camera object (unless you have access to a generously sized telescope (think 20" or better).

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