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Moon occults Eta Geminorum at around 21:07 GMT on March 13!!

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« on: March 13, 2011, 06:51:26 pm »
The dark limb of the Moon occults the 3rd magnitude star Eta Geminorum at 21:07 GMT on the 13th in the mid-UK (time varies slightly with location), causing it to apparently wink out of existence. It reappears from behind the bright limb of the Moon an hour later.
(Quote from http://www.astronomy.co.uk/skytonight by Ian Morison.
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