by GrapesOfWrath » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:05 pm
So on Super Bowl Sunday, the moon occulted Aldebaran again, one of a series of occultations. In the USA, it was only visible in Florida, during the day.
However, a local astronomy club asked our school if they could use our parking lot to observe an occultation that night. Turns out, there was also a 7th magnitude star that was supposed to graze the edge of the moon. Unfortunately, cold ice clouds moved in. Before and after appeared to be clear, but not the hour during. After the super bowl was over.