Hi Bill,

I also witnessed that occultation here from Germany. I was very near the
central line since I saw the star pulsating (central flash).

Clear skies
Bernd

> A gent visiting my booth mentioned seeing an occultation of a star by
> Saturn "a decade or so ago". It so happens that, when testing Guide's
> accuracy for the satellites of Saturn, I used some timings made by Paul
> Schlyter for the occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan (and Saturn), on 3 July
> 1989. (Paul's viewpoint in Stockholm must have been near the centerline,
> since he also saw a central flash!) I'd used this often enough for the date
> to stick in my mind.

Bernd Brinkmann
Herne, Germany

http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Bernd.A.Brinkmann/index.html