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[Centaur]

The 26% illuminated waning crescent Moon will occult the +3.5 magnitude star Epsilon Tauri for observers in portions of the Americas (including Chicagoland) during the early morning of 2013 AUG 01. Folks on a graze path will be able to witness the star winking on and off as lunar hills and valleys pass by. Those located between the two graze paths can watch a full occultation. Immersion will occur on the lunar bright limb and emersion on the dark limb.

I’ve created a graze map, table of Besselian elements, and a Chicago preview graphic with data. They can be seen at my webpage for occultations: www.CurtRenz.com/occultations

Photos and descriptions of the event would be welcome additions to this thread. Timing predictions for specific locations will be provided, if you reply to this post with a longitude, latitude, elevation and time zone.

[Paulie pchris00]

Maybe I'll see if the weather will allow. It's hard enough for me to fall asleep on a week night. I'm usually just finally falling asleep when this occultation is due to occur. If I somehow wind up observing it, I PM you the observation site details, most likely from home.