Moon occults Aldebaran

A few minutes from now, at my location, the waxing crescent moon will occult Aldebaran. "The Beast" (6-inch f/6.5 achromat) is set up and trained on the targets. Both showed up nicely upon setup.

A preliminary trial on Jupiter indicated that for planetary work the fast achromat may perform near its best with a fringe-killer filter combined with a 120mm aperture stop. So that's the way I'm going for today's event.

For those who have yet to see a star in the daytime, this is a great opportunity!

Sketcher,
To sketch is to see.