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. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:25:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 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!

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