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[Centaur]

The Moon will occult the minor planets 134340 Pluto and 5 Astraea on 2013 APR 30 and MAY 01 respectively, as seen during early mornings from portions of North America, including Chicagoland. These occultations may be simply of academic interest since the objects are rather dim, especially Pluto. Nevertheless, I offer the challenges for those who want to give them a try. I provide related graphics and data on my occultations webpage at: www.CurtRenz.com/occultations

If anyone is successful, photos and descriptions of the occultations would be welcome additions to this thread.

[Centaur]

If you would like occultation predictions for a specific location, please reply to this post with a longitude, latitude, elevation and time zone.

[Paulie pchris00]

I had to skip the Pluto occultation. Even if it's clear tomorrow morning, and the even bigger if I'm awake, I don't think I'll have much of a chance to see Astraea with just my 6". I will attempt to drag myself out of bed for it, though.