Dear Sir,
Thank you for mail. Will try to see it.

Jatin

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 Arvind Paranjpye wrote :
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>On Saturday 14th of April for a brief period Mars will be right
>behind the Moon as seen from most of the India.
>
>The event is technically called Occultations. It is exactly like
>the Solar Eclipse (partial, annular or total) when the Moon (or some
>other astronomical body) comes between the observer and an object far
>away.
>
>The Occultation would take place (for Pune) at 5:55 a.m. that is Mars
>disappears behind the Moon. The event takes place at the bright limb.
>At that time the planet would be about 27 degree above the horizon.
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>The Sun would rise at 6:19 a.m.
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>Mars reappears from behind the Moon at 6:23 a.m. Mars can be seen at
>the darker limb of the Moon at the Moon continues its eastwards march
>on the celestial sphere much faster than Mars. But of course the
>rotation of the Earth would make both it's satellite and the planet
>move westwards compared to the observer.
>
>How to observer the event
>The Disappearance
>The even takes place before the sunrise and therefore it should
>present no difficulty in locating the Moon. The new moon is on April
>17th and on 14th we will see thin crescent of the Moon. Start your
>observations at about 5:40 itself. Look for Mars right below bright
>lunar crescent. Mars will be at the northern or left end of the limb.
>
>The event should be visible to the naked eyes. But any simple pair of
>binoculars would be most useful to observe the event.
>
>The Reappearance
>This will be a bit difficult to observe. You will certainly need an
>optical instrument to see this. When the moon is close to its new
>moon phase one can see the darker limb of the Moon too.
>
>At 6:23 Mars will come out from behind the Moon.
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>
>Tell us
>If you are likely to observe the event it would be interesting to know
>
>a. If you could see the disappearance with the naked eyes.
>b. If you could see the reappearance with the naked eyes.
>c. If you could see the reappearance using an optical instrument
>(binocular or telescope).
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>
>
>This is just advance information � more to follow closer to the event.
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>
>The event at glace
>
>April 14, 2007
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>5:55 a.m. Mars disappears behind the Moon
>6:19 a.m. The sun rises
>6:23 a.m. Mars reappears
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