Turn on your camcorder, go outside, and become an astronomer. How? [ http://www.sky.net/…]. Tomorrow morning, our Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…ap960730.html ] will pass directly in front of Aldebaran [ http://www.bo.astro…], the brightest star in this picture and in entire constellation of Taurus [ http://www.astro.wi…]. Aldebaran [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www.adler.uc…] is visible to the left and below Comet Hale-Bopp in the above photograph [ http://galileo.ivv.…], which was taken on April 30th in Tenerife [ http://www.cistia.e…], Spain. This occultation is valuable because disappearance times from different locations can be used to map the height of the lunar terrain [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] at the occultation points. You can help by clicking here [ http://www.sky.net/…], where a site will detail how to tape a familiar cable channel and then take your still-running camcorder [ http://www.sky.net/…] outside to tape the occultation of Aldebaran [ http://adsabs.harva…] by the Moon. You can then donate your VCR tape to science by mailing it to this address [ http://www.sky.net/…]. Leave yourself plenty of time [ http://www.sky.net/…] for a practice run and be sure to check the weather before going to a lot of trouble!
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Turn on your camcorder, go outside, and become an astronomer. How? [ http://www.sky.net/…]. Tomorrow morning, our Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…ap960730.html ] will pass directly in front of Aldebaran [ http://www.bo.astro…], the brightest star in this picture and in entire constellation of Taurus [ http://www.astro.wi…]. Aldebaran [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www.adler.uc…] is visible to the left and below Comet Hale-Bopp in the above photograph [ http://galileo.ivv.…], which was taken on April 30th in Tenerife [ http://www.cistia.e…], Spain. This occultation is valuable because disappearance times from different locations can be used to map the height of the lunar terrain [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] at the occultation points. You can help by clicking here [ http://www.sky.net/…], where a site will detail how to tape a familiar cable channel and then take your still-running camcorder [ http://www.sky.net/…] outside to tape the occultation of Aldebaran [ http://adsabs.harva…] by the Moon. You can then donate your VCR tape to science by mailing it to this address [ http://www.sky.net/…]. Leave yourself plenty of time [ http://www.sky.net/…] for a practice run and be sure to check the weather before going to a lot of trouble!
