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Visibility of 1426 AH Ramadan Crescent

Observation Results from Iran

ICOP member Mr. Alireza Mehrani sent us the below detailed report about crescent observation results from Iran on Tuesday 04 October from different parts of Iran.

Dear Brother Mohammad;

 

Till now the following reports have been announced about the observation of Ramadan crescent from different parts of Iran:   

 

Experts opinion

Result

Weather

Tools

Members

Location

Observer

 

-

No

Dusty

8 cm Tel

many

W of Esfahan

Mr. Homayouni

1

Fail

Yes

Dusty

15x70 bin

6

Yazd

Mr. Bahrami

2

-

No

Cloudy

20x60 bin

2

Tehran

Mr. Nazari

3

-

No

Clean

?

many

Mashhad

Mr. Kouchakzadeh

4

-

No

?

?

?

Sabzevar

Mr. Aliabadi

5

-

No (!)

Little dusty

20x120 bin

2

Baft - Kerman

Mr. Doust Mohammadi

6

-

No

Dusty

20x120

many

Shahreza - Esfahan

Mr. Jamghorbani

7

-

No

?

-

1

Tehran

Mr.Ahmadzadeh

8

-

No

Cloudy & dusty

8" tel

many

Torbat Heydariye

Mr. Motiei

9

-

No

Cloudy at west horizon

20x80 bin

6

Plane (Illusion) north of Iran

Mr. Mir Saeed

10

-

No

Clean

20x80 bin

5

Plane (Boeing 747) north of Iran

Mr. Mehrani

11

-

No

Very dusty

20x120 bin

8

Dezful

Mr. Tayyeb Taher

12

-

No

Dusty

11" tel & 20x120 bin

5

Kerman

Mr. Amirzadeh

13

-

No

Very dusty

40x150 bin

7

Kerman

Mr. Hoseyni Nasab

14

Accept

Yes

Clean

telescope

5

Shiraz

Mr. Karimi

15

Accept

Yes

Clean

14" tel

?

Fasa

Mr. Esfandi

16

-

No

Dusty

15x70 bin & telescope

many

Neyshabour

Mr. Barati

17

-

No

Clean

10x50 bin

2

Shiraz

Mr. Jamali

18

Accept

Yes

Little dusty

20x120 & 27x150

11

200 km west of Esfahan

Mr. Rahimi

19

-

No

Clean

Tel & bin

13

Rey - Tehran

Mr. Rategar Nasab

20

-

No

Very dusty

20x80 bin

5

Safashahr - Fars

Mr. Mohammadipour

21

-

No

Very dusty

20x120

3

HajiAbad- Hormozgan

Mr. Uroumiyeei

22

-

No

Cloudy

40x150 & 20x120 bin

7

Tabriz

Mr. Fesharaki

23

-

No

Cloudy & dusty

5" tel & 15x70 bin

7

SeghaleEastern Khorasan

Mr. Hashemzeei

24

-

No

Dusty

20x120 bin

many

Ghom ( 3 groups)

Mr. Mir Salari

25

-

No

Dusty

20x120 bin

7

Kharame – East of Shiraz

Mr. Nayyeri

26

-

No

Clean

8' tel

3

Varamin

Mr. Motahrinezuad

27

Accept

Yes

Clean

20x50 bin

2

Shiraz

Mr. Khodam Mohammadi

28

-

No

Dusty

8' Tel & 20x120 bin

4

Naein – 120km East of Esfahan

Mr. Soltanolkotabi

29

-

No

Very dusty

20x120 & 40x150 bin

many

Jahrom

Mr. Hojjatpanah

30

Fail

Yes

Dusty

20x120 bin

7

Birjand

Mr. Zamani

31

Accept

Yes

Dusty (just 0.5°)

20x120 bin

5

40km west of Esfahan

Mr. Morouniyan

32

Under research

Yes

Dusty

20x120 bin

3

Jandagh

Mr. Ahmadiyan

33

Under research

Yes

Cloudy & Dusty

40x150 20x120 bin & 8" 10" tel

16

Tehran

Mr. Marzani

34

-

No

Dusty

20x120 bin

5

Shahsavaran

Mr. Sayyad

35

-

No

Cloudy & Dusty

?

3

Asadabad - Hamedan

Mr. Atighi

36

 

Mr. Mehrani sent us two photos for the crescent as well, the first photo was taken by Mr. Esfandi who was observing from Fasa, the second photo was taken by Mr. Karimi who was observing from Shiraz, the photo is edited by Photoshop.


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