Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon November 9, 2004
Viewed from my home in Wayside Maryland.  Windy and in the mid 40's.  It was clear early but by occultation time spotty clouds were moving by the moon.  The clouds moved quickly so I had a good chance of seeing the occultation, about 40% cloud cover.  I still had the observatory setup from the October lunar eclipse with my Vixen and Stellarvue refractors so I viewed through the Stellarvue and did photography with the Vixen.  Used 13mm Vixen LVW eyepiece with and without a double stacked polarizing filter.  Jupiter was easily visible and the atmosphere was very turbulent.
William E. Rison
Jupiter and Moon
  Occultatin began at 11:10 AM EST

Jupiter & Moon
 Ending
 over
10:58:47 AM EST
Getting close
(sharpened)

 		12:11:55 AM EST
halfway out
(level adjusted)
 		12:15:35 AM EST
Occultation over
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     Animations

    Ingress  Egress
            11:09:15                          11:09:45                          11:09:55                          11:10:09                         11:10:22
Photography Data:
TelVixen FL102S fluorite APO refractor telescope, 920mm focal length, f/9
Nikon D100 digital camera, ISO 200, 6 megapixels
Ulead PhotoImpact 8 software
Equipment
  I used a Vixen FL102S fluorite refractor and Stellarvue SV80S TMB triplet refractor.  The two telescopes were attached to a Celestron CGE mount in tandem.   The observatory is from Sirius observatories of Australia.
Telescope



 Vixen FL102S (long telescope)
102mm (4") fluorite APO refractor
920mm focal length f/9

Stellarvue SV80S (short telescope)
 80mm (3") TMB triplet APO refractor
480mm F.L. f/6

Celestron CGE GOTO equatorial mount

Sirius Home model observatory, 7 1/2 feet diameter
 
November 12, 2004