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Occultation of Neptune
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The planet Neptune will be occulted by the first quarter moon  at 18:30 UT, 6th November, 2008, in the constellation Capricornus.
Observers in the northern Britain will be well placed to see the occultation of Neptune.
The next UK lunar occultation of Neptune will be at  23:55 UT, 25th June, 2016.

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Planet Neptune  
Magnitude:   7.9
Diameter:   2.4 "

 
Position(2000): RA  21h35m22.85s,   Dec -14°43'13.0"

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