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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2189      2006 Jan 10 15.27UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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OCCULTATION OF BY CANCRI* (SAO 98054) BY SATURN, 2006 JAN 25
John Murrell, Croydon AS and Jon Harper (Occultation Section, SPA) have 
e-mailed regarding this event due to take place on 2006 January 25, 18h 
05UT - 20h 50mUT:

This event is going to take place during the evening of Wednesday,
January 25, a few days before Saturn's 2006 Opposition, and should be 
quite spectacular telescopically, particularly as SAO 98054, at m(v)7.9 
is a little brighter than Titan. The occultation presents an interesting 
challenge for both amateurs who use CCD's for imaging and also for those 
who sketch what they see. It is of course reasonably rare for a star of 
this magnitude to be occulted by the Saturnian System, and we do hope 
that you will want to take up the challenge.

The occultation was noted last summer by Dr Tolis Christou of the Armagh 
Observatory in Northern Ireland, but very little information has been 
distributed as yet.

Predicted data relating to the event for central UK (using Guide
8 software) is as follows:

Occultation by Ring A : 18h 50m (all times = UT)
Reappearance in Cassini's Division: 19h 01m
Disappearance behind Ring B: 19h 06m
Possible brief reappearance in Cassini's Division prior to occultation 
by Saturn's disk: 20h 03m.

Reappearance from behind the disk in the vicinity of Saturn's South
Pole: (PA = 166°) 20h 50m

Observers are encouraged to attempt observation of this interesting 
occultation and hopefully some of you may try imaging it, especially 
during the Cassini "window" around 19h 01 - 19h 06.

David Herald and Wolfgang Beister also brought this event to our 
attention. See also the following WWW page for further details:

http://www.iota-es.de/satocc_2006.html

CHRISTMAS QUIZ
Further to TA E-Circular 2183 issued on 2005 Dec 26, we have not so far 
received a complete set of correct answers to the Christmas Quiz 
although grateful for all those who submitted answers including members 
of the various student groups as well as TA subscribers.

If you still wish to enter or need to submit corrected submissions with 
additional answers please send these to reach TAHQ by midnight, tonight.

Guy M Hurst