According to the Indonesian Taqwim, we had rukyat hilal yesterday on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 as the 29th of Ramadhan 1442 AH in Indonesia | Also present the Director of PPMI Assalaam, Ustadz Uripto M |
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Muhammad Yusuf from Bosscha Observatory at Lembang Bandung West Java Indonesia | I could also see it visually through the telescope at 50x magnification |
Crescent observation was done by members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam.
By this time, our hope was to see the crescent prior to setting in a band of clearing hugging the horizon | It was easily observed after Maghrib |
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It took a few minutes for the moon to disappear behind the distant mountains before the actual moonset listed for Blacksburg at 9:22 pm | Muhammaf Yusuf from Bosscha Observatory at Lembang Bandung West Java Indonesia |
In fact, that is exactly what happened; my first binocular sighting was at 9:01 pm followed by naked eye sighting a minute later.
sighted because the sky was totally cloudy | I could easily observe the wide crescent with the imaging system while doing experiments with a new design |
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In the absence of clouds, I could have sighted Venus much earlier even with naked eye as I did last evening at 8:29 pm | The moon at daytime was captured by mr |
Observation of Hilal Shawwal 1442 AH also conducted from Rowasiya Observatory by me.
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