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Dean Johnson
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    Hello astronomy fans! I saw the Moon/Venus occultation this morning, but have to apologize that the times I quoted were Eastern Daylight time.

    It was an awesome show, but once the Sun came up, it took diligent work to keep the event in the binocs and telescope. I didn't get my Celestron quite polar aligned well enough to track  for more than 15 minutes.

    The Venus cresent was visible in my binoculars and the telescopic view was incredible. I watched Venus disappear behind the Moon's fading disc, Venus was so cool to see in the daylight! Not a problem at all.

    It was a glorious morning for astronomy!