Favourable Occultation by (88) Thisbe on Jan17 at 1811 UT

[Tim Haymes]

I refer to the prediction in the Handbook 2025, page 58, Table-1. This is the longest duration event of the year for a star of 10th magnitude.
Details on Occult Watcher Cloud: https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1477-88-88098-649437-T01129-1

We suggest observing the star from 1810-1812 UT, which is close to 6 Geminorum (C2a map attached)

Note that the path in the Handbook (page 56 Fig-2) has moved South compared to the current path (link and attached file). This is an inevitable consequence of publishing predictions a year in advance. The BAAH is a guide in this respect. However we can never be sure of the path. Only observation will reveal this.

Best of luck with sky conditions.

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[Tim Haymes]

Congratulations to William Stewart who recorded a 20.2 sec disappearance. This has been reported to the European SODIS database.
Thank you to observers who were clouded out.

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