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Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
Waxing Gibbous 85%
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10-10-2009, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Carindale
Posts: 1,178
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It isn't looking good for me tonight, due to random showers moving through my area and my equipment not being in an observatory. Hopefully this stuff clears out in time for me to set up, although this type of weather pattern seems to hang around for days sometimes.
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10-10-2009, 05:30 PM
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Shadow Chaser
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
Posts: 1,945
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Yes, its looking a bit grim right now. My dry run (no pun intended!)yesterday was in under ideal conditions.
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10-10-2009, 08:00 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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Fingers crossed it stays fine. It clear here atm, seeing is pretty poor, but you get that at only 17 deg alt. Here's hoping for a moment of 10+ seeing at T-60 to T+60 :thumbsup
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10-10-2009, 08:40 PM
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Shadow Chaser
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
Posts: 1,945
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Locked and loaded, live with the 20" and 3". Should be spectacular if it goes.
I can even see theta Ceti with the naked eye in the East which is good from my site.
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10-10-2009, 08:50 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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Chasin' clouds here now. 5 min and counting.
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10-10-2009, 08:57 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Carindale
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Clouded out 
Hope you all had better luck!
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10-10-2009, 09:06 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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Well here's hoping I picked up that ellusive couple of sec somewhere withing the 15 min of AVI on two laptops. 8" SCT with DMK21 and ED80 with the ol' faithful ToUcam 840. 
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10-10-2009, 09:11 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
Posts: 9,326
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Quote:
Originally Posted by [1ponders]
Well here's hoping I picked up that ellusive couple of sec somewhere withing the 15 min of AVI on two laptops. 8" SCT with DMK21 and ED80 with the ol' faithful ToUcam 840. |
Best of luck Paul  I didn't notice anything different
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10-10-2009, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 506
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No luck here either , thick clouds all over the East. Have lots of cloud breaks everwhere else but none on the east.
Bit disappointing as I was all set up with the IC capture ready and waiting.
Regards Matt.
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10-10-2009, 09:17 PM
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Shadow Chaser
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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A clear miss from me. Well done for trying everyone, lets hope someone turns something up
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10-10-2009, 10:13 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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I have quite a few thousand frames to work through. I was lucky enough to get about 2 min before through to 15 min after. The Sky6 gave the closest approach around 8:05 so I imaged the whole way through til about 8:08. 1575 frames for each 120 sec run.
Anyone like a avi to work through 
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10-10-2009, 10:39 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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Does anyone have a better idea now of a time of closest approach? Or a link to a webpage with that info?
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10-10-2009, 11:24 PM
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Shadow Chaser
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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19:57:01 +/- 10 sec for me. Yours won't be very far away from that, and will be earlier if anything but by no more that 20 seconds. It is always worth checking a minute or two around the prediction, but don't go too far.
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2..._18539_Map.gif
I wouldn't know how acurate Sky 6 is for predictions, but the data presented by OW has come from the uber-gurus.
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10-10-2009, 11:38 PM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
Posts: 18,778
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Thanks Jonathan
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15-10-2009, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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I had a clear shot for the entire time. Though I didn't notice it visually via the gstar, I'm yet to go through the entire avi.
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15-10-2009, 10:03 PM
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Shadow Chaser
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
Posts: 1,945
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It's always worth a second look even though to saw nothing. I once found a short event (of a different occultation) nearly a minute late that i hadn't noticed at the time!
You never can tell...
If anyone is up for more punishment, there is a nice event at 4am next monday morning  http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2...1708_18827.htm
Last edited by AstroJunk; 15-10-2009 at 10:26 PM.
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15-10-2009, 10:15 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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I have a dimming of the star around 7.56.33.
It's probably just the seeing though.
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16-10-2009, 02:09 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Walcha , NSW
Posts: 1,652
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjjnettie
I have a dimming of the star around 7.56.33.
It's probably just the seeing though.
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Hi Nettie!
If you look at your field, see if you have any other stars in the same frame as the target star, if your target star dims and you also notice your other stars dim then it's probably not a genuine occultation, ie it could be atmospheric turbulence or cloud........
Play it back and see how you go!
If not, try and get your avi to Jonathan who can run it through LiMovie.
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