Lunar/Venusian occultation

[Bobbo]

The above occurred today as was streamed live from Japan (I think).

When I tried to show it in the Event Finder (2 bodies) I come up blank. Everything is set to the defaults.

What am I missing?

Thanks
Bob

   

[SteveGoldberg]

Bob,
Its not an occultation or a transit. It is an appulse.

Steve Goldberg

[Bobbo]

Interesting. All the documentation I've dug up lists today's event as an occultation.

[SteveGoldberg]

What is the source of the documentation? And what location were they talking about? May be in another part of the world the view would be different. In Houston it was definitely an appulse.
An occultation is when one object goes behind the other.

Steve Goldberg

[Bobbo]

Any doco I've found lists it as an occultation in East Asia/Russia. Sky Safari shows it as an occultation in Tokyo.

So I'm guessing it's my interpretation of Show All Events versus Visible Events Only. I assumed the former meant all Events possible from Earth.

[bigmasterdrago]

From Tokyo, it was an occultation beginning ~8 November 04:47:44UT visible in the SSE ~26° altitude. https://vimeo.com/643539552

From Squirrel Tree Ranch, it was an appulse.

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Show All Events seems to work from Tokyo.

   

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I just don't know how to make the video in ST4v

[Bobbo]

Right, thanks for that. My misinterpretation of Show All Events seems to be the issue then.

Would've maybe been handy to have it mean "anywhere from Earth" though.

[PMSchu]

Hi Bob,

What location did you have ST4 set for? Tokyo? If you had ST4 set for the southern hemisphere, the event was an appulse due to parallax. From here in Ohio they were separated by 47'. From Brisbane, 1.1°. You were close, but no cigar.

Hope this helps,

Phil S.

[bigmasterdrago]

I see now you were using Sydney as view location. It looks like the center of the Moon misses Venus by ~1.2°

[Bobbo]

Yeah thanks, Sydney. As I mentioned above I wrongly assumed the meaning of Show All Events.

All good.