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Photographer:

Christine Irakleous

Location of Photo:

Thessaloniki, Greece

Date/Time of photo:

29 October 2015

Equipment:

Canon 600D and Celestron ED80/600

Description:

Α couple of weeks ago (29 October), Moon passed in front of a star, actually Aldebaran, which is one of the most characteristic stars in the constellation Bull. It is a giant red star , about 67 light years away from Earth. At 10:41PM UT, our satellite approached the star and occulted it. One hour later (at 11:47 PM UT), Aldebaran appeared from the western side of the Moon, as seen in the photo.

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