A reasonably bright star and a very long occultation. Wide path, with Karl especially well place near the centerline. Kirk and I are near but inside the southern limit. The challenges: the moon is 97% sunlit and only 15 degrees away. If there's high clouds this will make the event difficult as cirrus is very good scattering nearby moonlight. The other challenge is that the target is only 4" below a brighter star, in the dense star field of Serpens Cauda, 15 degrees above the moon in the sky.
Alt=38, Az=183 in Serpens about a degree to the right of the brightest star on the left side of Ophiuchus.
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