15/03-Did anyone see the moon?

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chrisyeo
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15/03-Did anyone see the moon?

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Wow, did anyone see the moon last night? It was an orange crescent. Really eerie, looked like a huge comet in the sky.

I only realised too late that it was right beside the Pleiades cluster! Next time if anyone knows of such conjunctions can we announce it?

If somebody had taken a photo it might have looked something like this:
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David Lian
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hi Chris,I also saw this the moon but in Cilegon,Indonesia with bino at 16X.
However I did not stay overnight but in Jakarta.
The sky in Cilegon was clear and cloudless.I should much better than than Tuas.
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DL
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Post by ariefm71 »

My parents live in Cilegon. I go there once or twice a year, the sky is like Mersing. Maybe I'll build an observatory there when I retire :D
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David Lian
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Re:Cilegon

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Hi Pak Arief,
Cilegon is like second home in Indonesia.I visit Kakratau Steel monthly. sometime I stay overnight there.

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