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Old 20-09-2009, 12:08 AM
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SEQ: Naked eye asteroidal occultation 10 Oct

It is outstandingly rare to have an oportunity to see a naked eye asteroidal occultation. Someone between Brisbane and Gympie may get lucky and spot the asteroid (3995) Sakaino blot out Theta Ceti (mag 3.6) for upto 1.4 seconds. Short but very sweet.

The event will happen on Saturday the 10th of Oct at about 7:55 pm. Theta Ceti will be 30 degrees high almost due East.

Please put it in your 'to do' list, it would be a really significant observation as this asteroid has never been measured before.

I will bang the drum a little closer too

http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2...3995_18539.htm
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