Occultation of Saturn

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10 years 7 months ago #100735 by johnomahony

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I was just treated to an occultation of Saturn about an hour ago. It was only visible south of Brisbane. The shot is a bit blurry but it captured the moment.

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10 years 7 months ago #100737 by flt158

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Wow! What a shot! I can just about see Saturn. I knew the occultation was happening -Guy Ottewell highlighted it in his Astronomical Calendar 2014.
I did have the privilege in observing 2 such Saturn occultations in the past.

Aubrey.

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10 years 7 months ago #100738 by Fermidox

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You guys in the S Hemisphere are getting all the good stuff at the moment :-(

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10 years 7 months ago - 10 years 7 months ago #100747 by johnomahony

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Here is another frame taken a few minutes before the occultation. Used a slightly longer exposure and reduced the moon exposure in photoshop.

www.flickr.com/photos/7703127@N07/14015582840/in/photostream#

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10 years 7 months ago #100764 by eansbro

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I observed a past occultation many years ago. At last contact on limb saw for 6 seconds a diffuse light. One other observer from Longford saw the same phenomenon. I wrote up the observation and 3 others in Toronto, Canada saw the same phenomenon.
It turned out we had all seen the hydrogen envelope around the rings of Saturn. A rare event!

Eamonn
www.kingslandobservatory.com

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