As of July 16, '08. Check out past events here.
Steve Preston's main page, and advance page on asteroid occultations
Derek Breit's Site & SHADOW. and OccultWatcher and fog-cast
Making Finder Charts using Aladin
Free WiFi hotspots in California
Jul 23 Wed morn 2:12am - Graze of 7.2 star 13N 76- moon. Perfect site is my apartment here in Santa Cruz. Map, and Profile, and profile with past data, and prediction sheet. Karl's place is 0.6 mi south of the limit, Jay is 0.1 miles south, and I'm 0.36 miles south.
July 25 Fri morn Graze of 7.6 14n 53- moon, sun -8, from Moss Landing
July 25-27 Sun morn 5:31am - Astro 28Y from Mono Lake area, built around the graze of 7.1 13n 30- 51deg alt, sun -8 from June Lake. Dave Wyman's family camping trip to Toulemne overlaps
Aug 5 Tue eve 8:53pm - Occultation of 12.8 star by 11.5 Daphne with Santa Cruz on the centerline with high rank. But sun -8.
Aug 14 Thur morn 1am - Graze of 4.6 12s 93+ moon from Lake San Antonio
Aug 15 Fri morn 2:30am - Occultation of 11.9 star by Whittemora from Sierra foothills to Carrizo Plain.
Aug 15 Fri eve 7pm - I provide the stargazing at Byington Winery's Stargazing Dinner once again.
Aug 30-Sep 1 - ImageQuest Family Camping trip to Montana de Oro
Sept 11 Thur eve 11pm - Occultation of 6.6 star by 9.9 Metis from Victorville. IOTA meeting
Sep 12 Fri eve 8:08pm - 5.9 7s 93+ moon from south of Olema. Pt. Reyes getaway trip?
Sept 14 Sun morn 1am - Occultation of 10.0 star by Centenaria from California from Pt. Reyes. 107 deg from Full moon.
Sep 19 Fri morn - Occultation of 9.7 star by Kerstin from Santa Cruz. Rank = 37.
Sept 19-21 - Astro27/Geo 27 at Pinnacles National Monument.
Sept 23 Tue morn 1:30am- Occultation of 12.9 star by Chicago, from Pt. Reyes. high rank.
Sep 24 Wed morn 3:42am and 4:12am. Double graze from 6s Pt. Lobos: 7.6 and 8.6 2n 25- moon, alt=19 and 24 deg.
Sept 26-28 - Astro 28Z: Field Astronomy at Mono Hot Springs. Astronomical highlight is Sunday morn 3am - Occultation of 11.8 red star by Klotilde. Nominal path is Ponderosa Campground at Big Sur through Kings Canyon National Park. Mono Hot Springs is inside the northern 1-sigma path limit.
Oct 5 Sun morn Occultation of 12.0 star (11.3 combined image) by Athamantis, from Pt Reyes area. 32+ moon. sigma=.34 widths
Oct 6 Mon eve 11pm - Occultation of 2.1 mag star Nunki on 48+ moon, 5deg alt. Photo op
Oct 17 Wed morn - Plieades occultation on 91- moon
Oct 23 Thur eve - Occultation of 11.9 star by Sophrysone, from Barstow. 22- moon, 21 altitude.
Oct 29 Wed eve - Occultation of 11.2 star by Leukothea, from Big Sur and Pinnacles.
Nov 13 Thur eve - Occultation of 12.6 star by Alauda from Carrizo Plain. Very high rank, but 39 deg from full moon.
Nov 20 thur morn 1am - Occultation of 9.1 star by Repsolda, from Santa Cruz. sigma=0.66 paths
Oct 17 Fri morn - Plieades occultation and graze of 3.9 2s of 91- moon from Marin Headlands hostel.
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Jan 2 Fri eve - Graze of 4.5 7s of 36+, 22alt, from Fremont Peak
Jan 31 Sat eve - Graze of 8.4 star 3n 31+ from Half Moon Bay.
Feb 3 Tue eve - Plieades occultation just before sunset
Mar 6 Fri morn - Graze of 6.8 star 12n 73+ alt=14 from Morgan Hill
Mar 6 Fri eve - Good weekend for a Pt. Reyes weekend kayak trip plus astronomy. Friday eve is a graze of 9.4 star 9n 81+ moon from Pt. Reyes ridge line north of Hostel. Sat eve - Graze of 3.9 star 7n 89+ moon from Pt. Reyes headlands (barely) or edge of Mt. Diablo State Park. Possible Astro 28, although this graze is the ONLY astronomy we could do, unless I come up with some visual lunar exploration projects. Here's the page for all this.
Mar 16 Mon eve 11:15pm - Occultation of 11.9 star by Klotilda, from Santa Cruz. 68- moon.
Mar 20-22: Astro 28L "Field Astronomy in Southern Big Sur" revisited. Highlights: Venus is a 3% evening cresent setting well north of sun. Comet Lulin in Gemini at 7th magnitude good for photography and viewing. Moon 28-.
Mar 30 Mon morn 3:15am - Occultation of 10.3 star by Poleungkuk, from Monterey Bay area. 16+ moon, poor rank
Apr 15 Wed eve: 10pm - Occultation of 10.3 star by Lacadiera, from Russian River or Mt. Lassen general area? High rank
Apr 22 Wed morn: 3am - Graze of 5.6 star 10n of 8- moon from San Francisco, and Vallejo area.
Apr 24-26 Fri-Sun - Our binannual Astro 27/ Geo 27 Pinnacles class..
May 1 Fri eve - Graze of 9.4 star 17N of 53+ moon, at Olema near Pt. Reyes. Possible Astro 28 course choice. Here's a webpage on this.
May 6 Wed eve 11pm - Occultation of 11.8 star from Santa Cruz and coast by Lampetia. Moon 96-.
May 15-17 Fri-Sun - Astro 28U "Field Astronomy at the Giant Sequoias" revisited. Last quarter moon rises at 1:30am Saturday morning, and after 2am Sunday.
May 20 Wed morn 12:30am - Occultation of 9.5 star by Praxadis, from Nevada City, Chico area
May 26 Tue eve 10:45pm - Occultation of 9.4 star by asteroid California, from Bay Area.
Aug 14 Fri morn 2am - Perfect occultation of the Plieades on 41- moon. Graze of 3.6 star 6N of 43- moon at alt=17 from Half Moon Bay
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