Eta Gem occultation

george7378 · Post by **george7378** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:29 pm

This video shows the occultation of the star Eta Gem by the Moon at 21:11:36 UTC on the 13th March 2011. The star is a red/orange star some 350 light years away, and as you can see, it disappeared in a matter of seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVS844vY-_g

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:00 pm

Ok, why did it disappear 'BEFORE' it got to the moon?

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:13 pm

Beyond wrote:
Ok, why did it disappear 'BEFORE' it got to the moon?

Dark matter UFOs.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:14 pm

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:35 pm

Beyond wrote:Ok, why did it disappear 'BEFORE' it got to the moon?

It disappeared behind the limb of the Moon, which is shadowed and not visible in this video. Perhaps you are confusing the limb with the terminator?

george7378 · Post by **george7378** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:59 pm

Yes - it went behind the dark limb of the Moon. Well put Sam

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:00 am

So then, it disappeared when it was close enough to the moon that the reflected light from the moon was stronger than the starlight and the star disappeared, right?

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:03 am

neufer wrote:
Beyond wrote:
Ok, why did it disappear 'BEFORE' it got to the moon?
Dark matter UFOs.

It doesn't 'matter' to me how 'dark' the UFOs are, THEY don't answer the question

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:07 am

Beyond wrote:So then, it disappeared when it was close enough to the moon that the reflected light from the moon was stronger than the starlight and the star disappeared, right?

No. It disappeared because it went behind the Moon. The Moon was not full at the time, and it disappeared behind the unlit side.

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Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:32 am

Silly me

I didn't catch that. Thanks Chris!

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:36 am

neufer wrote:
Beyond wrote:
Ok, why did it disappear 'BEFORE' it got to the moon?
Dark matter[sic] UFOs.

It wasn't because of Dark Matter UFO's, neufer, it was because of 'KOO'. Known Orbiting Object.

Starship Asterisk*

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