Saturn – Moon Occultation – 4 August 2014

An interesting occultation occurred last night. At 9:22 pm Saturn went behind the moon for about an hour. I managed to get a few photo using a telephoto lens.

Saturn just before the occultation

Saturn just before the occultation

Unfortunately some clouds obscured the moon just when Saturn went behind the Moon.

Saturn now behind the Moon

Saturn now behind the Moon

I took another photo after Saturn had reappeared.

Saturn visible again

Saturn visible again

These photos are taken with at 400 mm at 800 ISO at about 1/250 second exposure and f 5.6 aperture with the camera and lens mounted on a tripod. Saturn will next be occulted by the Moon in April 2019, visible in Eastern Australia.

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