Comments on: Occultations! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: yowpb tixe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-97594 yowpb tixe Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:47:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-97594 erfsaqdch vnetwpy jxabsylik nzvakdmeg tibo xvhiloq rbdytmfhi erfsaqdch vnetwpy jxabsylik nzvakdmeg tibo xvhiloq rbdytmfhi

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]]> By: Oran_Taran http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38617 Oran_Taran Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:26:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38617 Oh wait, I just noticed that today's only the 19th because it's past 12 already. Holy cow time flies. I'm not sure what that top star is... Oh wait, I just noticed that today’s only the 19th because it’s past 12 already. Holy cow time flies. I’m not sure what that top star is…

]]> By: Oran_Taran http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38616 Oran_Taran Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:24:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38616 I took a crappy picture of what I THINK is the moon passing over regulus.... I took a crappy picture of what I THINK is the moon passing over regulus….

]]> By: ipgrunt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38615 ipgrunt Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:47:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38615 Here in Broomfield, Colorado, the Moon, Venus, Saturn, and Regulus formed a great line in the Western sky last evening for most of the two hours after sunset, until they disappeared, one after another, first, behind a low cloud, and then behind the Indian Peaks of the Rockies. The remarkable thing about this orientation is how evenly spaced these four bodies appeared from our vantage point. Here in Broomfield, Colorado, the Moon, Venus, Saturn, and Regulus formed a great line in the Western sky last evening for most of the two hours after sunset, until they disappeared, one after another, first, behind a low cloud, and then behind the Indian Peaks of the Rockies.

The remarkable thing about this orientation is how evenly spaced these four bodies appeared from our vantage point.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38614 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:57:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38614 I just got back from looking for the Venus event. Nothing. The sky is clear, but the murk on the horizon toward the East (Denver) was too thick. I never even saw the Moon! I just got back from looking for the Venus event. Nothing. The sky is clear, but the murk on the horizon toward the East (Denver) was too thick. I never even saw the Moon!

]]> By: Elwood Herring http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38613 Elwood Herring Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:39:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38613 It's cloudy and stormy here in England too. It always is when there's anything worth seeing astronomically. Guess I picked the wrong country to be born in... It’s cloudy and stormy here in England too. It always is when there’s anything worth seeing astronomically. Guess I picked the wrong country to be born in…

]]> By: Jack Hagerty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38612 Jack Hagerty Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:29:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38612 The Bad Astronomer Says: "Cloudy here tonight. Bummer." You shouldn't have left. Santa Rosa (the closest city to Rhonert Park that they show on the local weather) has been cloudless and warm for the past week! - Jack The Bad Astronomer Says: “Cloudy here tonight. Bummer.”

You shouldn’t have left. Santa Rosa (the closest city to Rhonert Park that they show on the local weather) has been cloudless and warm for the past week!

- Jack

]]> By: astropixie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38599 astropixie Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:31:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38599 i posted some pictures of tonights fantastic spectacle! (http://www.amandabauer.blogspot.com/) cant wait for tomorrow night!! i posted some pictures of tonights fantastic spectacle!
(http://www.amandabauer.blogspot.com/)
cant wait for tomorrow night!!

]]> By: Aerik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38611 Aerik Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:15:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38611 Hot diggity daffodil? Oh, BA... >_> Hot diggity daffodil?

Oh, BA… >_>

]]> By: Phil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38610 Phil Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:24:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38610 Ack! I misread the post. "West of..." not "In the west of..." Ack! I misread the post. “West of…” not “In the west of…”

]]> By: Phil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38609 Phil Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:22:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38609 Hot diggity daffodil! I should be able to see the Moon pass in front of Regulus. So living in the north west of England DOES have it's advantages. Hot diggity daffodil! I should be able to see the Moon pass in front of Regulus. So living in the north west of England DOES have it’s advantages.

]]> By: Aerik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38598 Aerik Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:23:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38598 Of course we practice the occult. Some of us like <a href="http://www.cybermoonstudios.com/8bitDandD.html" title="8 bit d n d" rel="nofollow">Dungeons and Dragons: Satan's game</a> Of course we practice the occult. Some of us like Dungeons and Dragons: Satan’s game

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38608 The Bad Astronomer Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:15:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38608 Cloudy here tonight. Bummer. Cloudy here tonight. Bummer.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38607 Mark Martin Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:49:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38607 Occultations? I knew it! Astronomers are practitioners of the OCCULT! Occultations? I knew it! Astronomers are practitioners of the OCCULT!

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38606 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:01:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38606 Post 'em on <a href="http://www.bautforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55" rel="nofollow">BAUT</a>! Post ‘em on BAUT!

]]> By: Navneeth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38605 Navneeth Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:51:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38605 Watch this space. You may get to see some occultation pics of Venus from another part of the world, unless of course BA's spam-busting-software-thingie doesn't let me do so. :P Watch this space. You may get to see some occultation pics of Venus from another part of the world, unless of course BA’s spam-busting-software-thingie doesn’t let me do so. :P

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38604 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:10:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38604 Heh. I met Jack at Randi's first Amaz!ng Meeting. We got along pretty well. :-) Occultations are just cool. There is some science you can get form them, but in general they're just fun to watch. Heh. I met Jack at Randi’s first Amaz!ng Meeting. We got along pretty well. :-)

Occultations are just cool. There is some science you can get form them, but in general they’re just fun to watch.

]]> By: Shawn S. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38603 Shawn S. Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:03:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38603 Jack Horkheimer!! OMG! I used to watch his show all the time. :) Thank you for reminding me of that show! I'd see it before Doctor Who and Blake's 7! HEEHEE! Jack Horkheimer!! OMG! I used to watch his show all the time. :) Thank you for reminding me of that show! I’d see it before Doctor Who and Blake’s 7! HEEHEE!

]]> By: Kilgore Trout http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38602 Kilgore Trout Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38602 If this blog had ended with "Keep looking up!" I'd have thought for sure it was Jack Horkheimer. ;) Always a fan of neat astronomy news like this, thanks BA. If this blog had ended with “Keep looking up!” I’d have thought for sure it was Jack Horkheimer. ;)

Always a fan of neat astronomy news like this, thanks BA.

]]> By: DrFlimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38601 DrFlimmer Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:15:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38601 The moon does not have an atmosphere which means that the star will just disappear and reappear again with at least no dimming! I think this is pretty amazing and I hope that there are no clouds here that I can view it! And maybe this has something to do with astrology - you will get a great birthday ;) The moon does not have an atmosphere which means that the star will just disappear and reappear again with at least no dimming! I think this is pretty amazing and I hope that there are no clouds here that I can view it!

And maybe this has something to do with astrology – you will get a great birthday ;)

]]> By: Aerik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/comment-page-1/#comment-38600 Aerik Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:55:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/16/occultations/#comment-38600 When the moon passes in front of Regulus, why is that a big deal? I ask because June 20th is my birthday and I'd enjoy another reason to celebrate. When the moon passes in front of Regulus, why is that a big deal? I ask because June 20th is my birthday and I’d enjoy another reason to celebrate.

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