tonights regulus occultation by the moon

[h0ughy]

yep saw H20 vapour:sadeyes:

[Octane]

Make that two of us.

Keen to hang around until 2045?

H

[RB]

I managed to catch it.... even added a label :P

:whistle:

[Octane]

Hah!

H

[RobF]

Could see it getting close through high cirrus 20mins beforehand from Brissie.

[Tinderboxsky]

Clear view of both the disappearance and re-appearance of Regulus here at Tinderbox south of Hobart. Seeing was particularly good.

[LewisM]

Clear view of the disappearance (like turning off a lightbulb) from near Canberra Airport using a Tak FC-60. (NOT FS, FC :) ) - not a cloud to be seen, yet H was clouded out and he's not that far from me.

Missed the reappearance, but was not that inclined to watch that anyway.

[N1]

Made the attempt from Dunedin. Big patches of clear sky before and after, but not the 2 minutes centred on the disappearance. Classic. FS60, not FC. Maybe that was the problem :P

[Wavytone]

Clouded out as usual, Sydney north shore.

[OzEclipse]

Saw it with 7x35 binoculars from Belconnen, NW Canberra. Was running errands and observed each time i had to stop. Then pulled over at 811 and watched disappearance.

Joe

[Tinderboxsky]

You missed a visual treat Lewis. Just like the disappearance, there is a bit of suspense waiting for the reappearance. Then the moment Regulus jumped into view you were treated to a bright shining jewel hanging for a few moments right on the limb of the moon. This is quite spectacular for bright stars not unlike the Bailey Beads effect at total eclipses.

[deanm]

Ian Musgrave made a pretty good fist of it:
http://astroblogger.blogspot.com.au/
Dean

[LewisM]

My very poor attempt with a Samsung Galaxy S5 (they don't do this sort of imaging well unlike the iPhone) just before the occultation.

[Tinderboxsky]

I forgot to mention, did anyone notice the eighth magnitude star, HD 87884 approx 3 arc minutes from Regulus and directly between Regulus and the Moon. This star was occulted by the Moon approx 10 minutes before Regulus. I tried, but could not, pick it's reappearance on the bright limb despite excellent seeing. I managed to see it when about 2.5 arc minutes from the limb and a few minutes before Regulus reappeared.