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Moon Saturn Occultation (August 4, 2014), Alex Cherney

Moon Saturn Occultation (August 4, 2014)

Moon Saturn Occultation (August 4, 2014), Alex Cherney

Moon Saturn Occultation (August 4, 2014)

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Saturn is going to hide behind the Moon again this year and the first event for Australia/New Zealand/South America is on April 25th, 2019. I observed and photographed the occultation twice back in 2014 and it was simply unforgettable looking at disappearing and reappearing Saturn with a pair of binoculars and on the back of the camera screen.

Time lapse of the event:

https://vimeo.com/102933610

Egress image through 22" f/3.6 Reflector with Canon 6D using RAW video feature of Magic Lantern software. It was quite a challenge to balance the dim Saturn with bright Moon in a video.

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Moon Saturn Occultation (August 4, 2014), Alex Cherney

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