On 1999 April 19 the Moon occulted Aldebaran
See another occultation on 19 April
and the Aldebaran event from web-cams around the world
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Hopefully by now you have seen the Occultation of
Aldebaran from the link at
http://eclipse.span.ch/liveshow.htm
In Canberra, Australia on 19
April at 09:37 (UT) [local time 7h 37m PM] the Moon is at an altitude
of 7 degrees, above Venus and Aldebaran is to the left about 3.5
degrees away at an altitude of 4 degrees.
At this time the
variable star SAO 94164 (mag 5.3) was occulted by the 15 %
illuminated Moon.
SEE AN IMAGE OF THIS SPECTACULAR event.
From 1999 April 19 see animations of
other occultations from the
Calwell Lunar
Observatory
Location: 149d 06' 00.9"(E), -35d
26' 31.4" (S) at 630 m
Camera: Sony TR511E x 2 telephoto
lens.
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April 21.
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