I noticed it, but my work schedule won't allow me luxury of heading to the middle of nowhere with my shortwave radio and camcorder. This isn't a visually spectacular event, just a very bright star winking out for a few seconds. If you travel to see it, you should attempt to time the occultation and record your geographical location as accurately as possible, then submit your data to IOTA, or whatever the governing body is these days. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone else aware of this? http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations/NA/Anastasia/
Sounds like S&T are saying a once in a lifetime event. If the weather forecast wasn't for horrible winter conditions it would have been worth driving out to Elko or up to south-western Idaho for a view. I hate the weather lately in the region.
Here is the map, the green is the predicted center with the blue lines the predicted west and east edges.
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations/NA/Anastasia/mp824cus.JPG
Times could be found in the first link. So if anyone is n Mountain Home ID or Elko NV or knows some imagers there or visual observers that just might be worth a peek if there is a hold in the clouds. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com