The first successful observation lunar Occultation in daylight in the Middle East
observational Aldebaran occultation data planning has done by occultation department of IOTA-ME, Dez Scholars Institute and Adib Astronomical Center of Isfahan, this work has done during the day. This occultation date was on 09/05/2015 at 06:36:54 GMT (11:06:54 local time). The occultation has successfully observed, timed and recorded by Dez Scholars Institute and Adib Astronomical Center of Isfahan. IOTA/ME was the data collector and all of the reports have sent to the global data collector of IOTA, Mr. Gault which he confirmed the Iranians' reports.
Occultation Properties:Star Aldebaran (Aldebaran), Magnitude: 0.9, Location: Alpha Tauri
Positions observing the Moon: Phase: -52 °, Height: 32 °, Sun elevation: ° 51
Dezful Group:Supervisor and observer: Hojatola Hekmat'zade
Reporter: Narges Taebjula
Timer: Reza Pourhossein, Behnaz Mohammadi Khabaz, Farnaz Ghaed
Dezful group's equipment: 150 mm achromatic sky watcher telescope, 10 mm-Ultra wide, William Optics eyepiece, 10-inch Dobsonian telescope, Celestron Binocular 28 * 120 apochromatic
Isfahan Group:Supervisor: Sepideh Ghaziasgar
Observer: Erfan Ahmadi
Installer of telescope: Hamed Lalezar
Timing: Fatemeh Begholizadeh
Isfahan group's equipment: 14-inch MEAD telescope, LX200-GPS model with a polar compound, 14 mm-Ultra wide angel
At the end, we wish thanks IOTA/ME President, Manager of Adib Astronomical Center and observatory of Isfahan, Dez Sky Scholars Institute (Dezful astronomy Center) and all of participants.