http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/09/the-weekend-skywatchers-forecast-may-9-11-2008/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/09/the-weekend-skywatchers-forecast-may-9-11-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-20331 Daniel Fischer Tue, 13 May 2008 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=14183#comment-20331 The Mars occultation by the Moon was an "unaided eye sky event" for only a minor part of the visibility zone (namely it's far eastern end): In Europe it was <i>noon</i> - but thanks to perfect skies the event was <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/09/the-weekend-skywatchers-forecast-may-9-11-2008/#more-14183" rel="nofollow">observable</a> nonetheless, though only with substantial technical effort ... The Mars occultation by the Moon was an "unaided eye sky event" for only a minor part of the visibility zone (namely it's far eastern end): In Europe it was noon – but thanks to perfect skies the event was observable nonetheless, though only with substantial technical effort …

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