Occultation

Another occultation of the planet Saturn by the Moon. This was just an hour ago here in Mount Isa, at 8:50pm.

Moon Rings

Just for effect I blacked out the Moon with a simple fill tool in this shot from the Saturn occultation. The result is the Moon appears to have rings.

Saturn Reappears

Reappearing from behind the Moon, Saturn emerges as if nothing ever happened.

Lune

The Moon on the night of the Saturn occultation, May 14. This is a high dynamic range composite made from three frames with exposure bracketing.

Occultation

The Moon occulted Saturn briefly last night (Wednesday 14th May) by passing in front of the ringed planet. This was my first attempt at imaging an occultation. It worked. The view through the eyepiece was more remarkable than the photo does justice.