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Grazing occultation 28-29 June
There is a grazing occultation occurring the weekend after next which some of you may be interested in observing and timing. The details are: 28th June, actually (Sunday morning 29th 4:56am) mag. 6.5 star grazing 15 degrees from the cusp, -25% moon at alt24 az43, northern limb. It should be visible in any scope >=10cm.
So it's easily observed but at an inconvenient hour; at least it is on a weekend. The path crosses the coast near Cape Otway, passes south of Geelong, through Melbourne, over Bright, over southern Canberra and crosses out to sea at Long Bay Gaol. It will be observed from Sydney and Canberra but, so far, there are no observers from Melbourne. Somehow I've drawn the short straw and will be organising the Sydney end (with a little help from some friends). The observing location will be either the Woronora Dam Rd or in the Royal NP a few km past Audley. .
Please let me know if you are interested. If you are interested but don't know what this is about please contact me anyway and we can have a chat.
cheers,
David
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