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They did the best they could. Last night

jimcoble2000
 

The weather gods had the final say last night at the planetarium. What started out as clear skies deteriorated quickly to almost nothing but the moon last night. A lucky few got to see an approaching lunar/stellar occultation but those are almost impossible to share. It was nice it was a wide double star but the view was hampered by clouds obscuring the stars close to the limb. The star was 77 Pisces, Struve 90, a bright 6th magnitude star 38 arc seconds apart. It would have salvaged the evening but trees and clouds ruled the night. Kent did take a very nice picture of me while observing.

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Roy Diffrient
 

Nice effort at public service, Mark, even though thwarted by those pesky clouds.  At least you tried and got a neat photo out of it as proof of participation.  Better luck next week.
Roy


On Jan 27, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Mark Ost <jimcoble2000@...> wrote:


The weather gods had the final say last night at the planetarium. What started out as clear skies deteriorated quickly to almost nothing but the moon last night. A lucky few got to see an approaching lunar/stellar occultation but those are almost impossible to share. It was nice it was a wide double star but the view was hampered by clouds obscuring the stars close to the limb. The star was 77 Pisces, Struve 90, a bright 6th magnitude star 38 arc seconds apart. It would have salvaged the evening but trees and clouds ruled the night. Kent did take a very nice picture of me while observing.
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