Hi Mark,
In Union City we were looking at the moon through low clouds (fog).
Some of the time we couldn't see the moon. Alan and Albert were
using 8" and 6" reflectors respectively. They could at times see the star.
I couldn't see it in my TV 76 (3") refractor. The clouds thickened enough
to block the view of the star for Alan and Albert at graze time. The star
was near the terminator at the northern ("smooth") end of the moon. The
star "moved" from the shadowed side of the moon toward the sunlit side.
The graze was very close to the terminator.
A member of the graze team, Ed, went to a spot along the graze line
south of Los Banos. He was able to record the graze on video tape
through his 10" SCT . Ed said the sky was clear, the seeeing was poor,
and "the mosquitos were out for blood".
Rich
>I know some observers were out last night to observe the grazing
>occultation - some went to (IIRC) Union City.
>
>If you saw it, what were your impressions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark Wagner
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