moon occultation

[luckystar]

Saw only my second moon occultation of a star tonight at 21:23. My two daughters were watching its progress too. I've no idea what star it was, just lucky to be out with the scope tonight.

Steve

[Astroman]

Awesome!!!! Well done, always great to see where the star will pop out from and who can see it first.

[luckystar]

Thanks for the reply Andrew.
After going inside to post here a thought occurred to me. Could I see the star reemerge. Went out and thought how long would it take since half an hour had passed by then. Am I right? Say twenty eight days per orbit. Call it twenty four, 360 degrees so 15 degrees per day. Call it twelve then approx per day so 24 hours equals half a degree per hour which equals 1 moon diameters per hour w to E against the stars. Looked again waited but didn't see a star emerge. Saw a star two or three diameters under the moon and about the same brightness. Couldn't see any others because of the moon's veiling brightness nearby. Drew the stars I could see. Couldn't relate to a constellation, too bright to see much, though if carried the tail of the Crane down to the NW approx 30 degrees then the lower of the few stars i could see beneath the moon were there. I've got the go now got to find the star. This may impress the kids and amaze me. But I could fall flat on the kisser. Not for the first time.

Steve