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05-11 lunar
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 May 7, 18:42 -0700
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 May 7, 18:42 -0700
I'll be doing this during my anchor watch.That is 2000 hrs. to 0200 hrs. both days.From anywhere inside a 1 mile radius of the Ap(34* 04' N 120* 22.5' W) the island will block the horizon from about 260*T to 355*T.That limits me to the time of 2300 hrs zt.Saturn's Zn moves past 260* before my watch.Jupiter's Zn will move past 260* before 2200 hrs zt and that may be cutting it short.I picked a 4 hr window to do this in case conditions aren't right for observations when I wish to start the attempt and can try another attempt later in the window timeframe.Spica looks promiceing both from a time and Zn standpoint.It apears to follow the ecliptic.Is it one of the LD stars?IT may give me a larger time window to work with.It will add another 3 hrs because the Moon's Zn won't exceed 260* untill about 0200 05-12.The angular distance between the 2 are from 12* at 2000 05-11 to 26* at 0200 05-12.I haven't computed 05-10 yet for the planets and Spica but will shortly.
