Event of the Week: A New England Occultation.

 Lunar occultations are always cool events; now you see a star or planet, now you don’t. The way they “wink in” and “wink out” with an improbable abruptness reminds us of the colossal velocity of the Moon about our planet. But beyond being just plain cool, they also still have scientific value; close double stars have [...]

AstroEvent for the week of June 30th-July 7th, 2008.

And now for a difficult challenge… 
I give you a New England Occultation.

A Star about to be Occulted by a an Asteroid: A Simulated View.
(Don’t expect the Asteroid to be visible!) 
 First up, I’d like to apologize for the short notice on this week’s featured event, which occurs seconds before midnight tonight June 30th over New England and [...]