10 June 2012: We have been asked to help disseminate the news of
a possible occultation by Pluto visible to observers on the US
East coast. Although the AAVSO does not ordinarily issue
announcements of upcoming occultations, in this case the object
is Pluto and the NASA New Horizons mission
(http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html )
will be visiting Pluto in 2015. The information below has been
supplied by Dr. Leslie Young (Southwest Research Institute), who
is coordinating this observing campaign on Pluto. Dr. Young is
also Deputy Project Scientist for the New Horizons mission. If
your location and observing resources permit, your assistance
with observing this important and interesting occultion would be
very much appreciated. ALERT: Possible Pluto occultation
Wednesday night (2012/06/14 03:28 UT) from US East coast.
CONTACT: Leslie Young (firstname.lastname@example.org ; work:
303-546-6057; home: 303-747-9161; skype: drpluto). Also see our
planning pages in progress at http://wiki.bou