The occultation of Arcturus in the Vatican
arXiv:1310.6557
Abstract
The dome of Saint Peter's Basilica plays the role of the Moon during a stellar occultation and Arcturus is the target star. This occultation-like phenomenon is useful for introducing to occultation astronomy a class of student up to university level. It can be organized very easily at the convenience of the audience. Techical and didactical aspects are discussed; the video is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIfsj7t-u-c and has been realized with an ordinary camcorder.
3 pages, 1 color figure, presented at CAP2013 conference held in Warszawa from 13 to 18 october 2013. To appear on Journal of Occultation Astronomy 2013-4 ISSN 0737-6766