Aldebaran occultation Tuesday night

[John.Devonshire]

IF the weather is good tomorrow (Tuesday Jan 18) evening, Aldebaran will be occulted by the Moon between 9:18pm and 10:35 pm!

[Jeff.Booth]

Cool ... thanks muchly, John.    Fingers crossed.

[Ed.Mizzi]

Thanks John

[John.Devonshire]

I stumbled upon this very interesting article about tonight's occultation and the history of Aldebaran (below the discussion and charts about the occultation).

http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-aldebaran-ex-pole-star-on-january-19

Did you know Aldebaran was once the pole star?  Not only that, but it was effectively a DOUBLE pole star with Capella back around -447,890 BC...what a great example of how the sky is changing ever so subtly over our lifetimes, but it has a huge impact as you increase the scale of time.

[Ed.Mizzi]

Fascinating stuff!