Lunar Graze Obs Opp SLC 4-13 9:48PM
Not feeling well-enough to mount my 10" scope, I observed this event from the parking lot behind the Roasting Company coffee house about 100 meters north of 500 South and between 300 East and 400 South at approximately 325 East and 450 South in Salt Lake City. Not being experienced in lunar grazes, this was a proof of concept observation. The observed appearance and disappearance of the lunar graze was consistent with the Occult4 predicted graze map. The selected observing point was probably 100-200 meters too far southwest of the central grazeline. Observing report on lunar graze at: http://canopus56.wikispaces.com/20080413LunarGraze#toc18 Observed graze path image: http://canopus56.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/20080414LG_img22.jpg On the Moon generally, the Straight Wall was prominent. Rima Bradley was visible. The Sun angle brought out the buried inner ring of the Imbrium impact as a semi-circle on the Imbrium basin floor half transected by the terminator. - Kurt ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
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