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Moon Mars occultation
I really enjoyed planning for this and getting up in the dead of a freezing cold night to experience it….my image showing the apparent path of the planet Mars as it was occulted by the moon in the early hours of 8th December. Mars was covered by the moon at about 5am and reappeared about an hour later. Each photo showing the apparent motion of Mars, before and after the occultation, was taken 1 minute and 40 seconds apart. This is quite a rare celestial event, rarer still for it to be visible from our little island, the UK, and rarest of all getting a clear sky in Cumbria on the night of such an interesting astronomical event, it’s like winning the lottery 😁 - twice!!
Photos were taken at 600mm with a Sony RX10 bridge camera on a star adventurer to track the moon and keep it in the frame, using an external power supply and a heater to keep the intense cold at bay… ❄️
Moon Mars occultation
I really enjoyed planning for this and getting up in the dead of a freezing cold night to experience it….my image showing the apparent path of the planet Mars as it was occulted by the moon in the early hours of 8th December. Mars was covered by the moon at about 5am and reappeared about an hour later. Each photo showing the apparent motion of Mars, before and after the occultation, was taken 1 minute and 40 seconds apart. This is quite a rare celestial event, rarer still for it to be visible from our little island, the UK, and rarest of all getting a clear sky in Cumbria on the night of such an interesting astronomical event, it’s like winning the lottery 😁 - twice!!
Photos were taken at 600mm with a Sony RX10 bridge camera on a star adventurer to track the moon and keep it in the frame, using an external power supply and a heater to keep the intense cold at bay… ❄️