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The canada goose coats on sale Moon actually occults Aldebaran and Regulus once for every lunation in 2017. We won have another year featuring the occultations of two 1st magnitude stars (Spica and Antares) again until 2024.The footprint for the February 5th occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon. The broken lines show where the occultation occurs during daytime, and the solid lines Canada Goose Coats On Sale denote where the occultation occurs under dark skies. Image credit: occult 4.2.The event occurs under dark skies for observers based around buy canada goose jacket cheap the Mediterranean and under http://www.canadagoosejacketoutlett.com daytime afternoon skies for folks in canada goose central America, the Caribbean, northern South America and the Florida peninsula, including Astroguyz HQ based in Spring Hill, just north of the Tampa Bay area. We managed to spy Aldebaran canada goose clearance near the daytime Moon while the Sun was still above the horizon using binocs, and can attest that the Canada Goose Outlet 1st magnitude star is indeed visible, if you know exactly where to look for it.Note that, like solar eclipses belonging to the same saros cycle, occultations of Aldebaran in the ongoing cycle drift Canada Goose Parka north and westward from one to the next, to the tune of about 120 degrees longitude. Though most of North America sits this one out, we canadian goose jacket do get a front row seat for next lunation occultation of Aldebaran on the evening of March 4/5th. The next one is the best bright star occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon for North America in 2017. And be canada goose uk black friday sure to check Canada Goose online out the Moon this Sunday evening after the big game, and Canada Goose sale note Aldebaran hanging just off of its bright limb.No, the wind is not shaking the Sharin Ahmad chronicled the motion of the Moon past Aldebaran from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last Canada Goose Online month. The northern grazeline in Florida might make this an especially interesting event to watch, though it be challenge, as the occultation occurs in the afternoon under daylight skies. This crosses right along uk canada goose near the cities canada goose store of Jacksonville and Gainsville. Clear, deep blue high contrast skies are key, and we be watching canada goose uk outlet from Astroguyz HQ north of Tampa Bay during this event.The northern grazeline across the Florida peninsula for Sunday game Credit: Dave Dickinson.Here are some key times from the occultation zone (noted in Universal Time):Ingress: 20:08 UT/Moon altitude: 23 degreesEgress: 20:34 UT/Moon altitude: 29 degreesIngress: 19:34 UT/ Moon Altitude: 49 degreesEgress: 20:29 UT/ Moon altitude: 31 degreesThe view from Jimena de canada goose factory sale la Frontera Spain just before the occultation. Credit: Stellarium.Rome, ItalyIngress: 20:21 UT/Moon altitude: 37 degreesEgress: 23:12 canada goose outlet UT/ Moon altitude: 28 degreesIngress: 22:39 UT/Moon altitude: 16 degreesEgress: 23:29 UT/Moon altitude: 5 degreesIngress: 21:49 UT/ Moon altitude: 61 degreesEgress: 23:07 UT/ Moon altitude: 45 degreesNote that this occultation spans five continents, a truly buy canada goose jacket worldwide Canada Goose Jackets event. The International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) maintains a page with an extensive list of times for cities worldwide. Note that when the Moon tackles Aldebaran, its canada goose uk shop also crossing the scrimmage line of the Hyades open cluster, cheap Canada Goose so expect numerous occultations of fainter stars worldwide as well.Aldebaran is the brightest star along the Moon path in our current epoch, along with runner ups Spica, Regulus and Antares. Though Aldebaran is 1.5 times the mass of our Sun, it also 65 light years away, and only appears 20 milliarcseconds (mas) in size, about the equivalent of a 40 meter diameter crater from the distance of the Moon. Still, you might just notice a brief pause as Aldebaran fades then winks out on the dark limb of the Moon, a tiny hitch betraying canada goose black friday sale its diminutive angular size.And the clockwork gears of that biggest game of all, the Universe, grind on. Don miss this first big ticket astronomical event for February 2017, coming to a sky above you. Next up, we watching out for another bright star occultation, two eclipses, and the close passage of a comet near the Earth.
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