SUNSET: 
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Photographer:
Roberto Ortu
Location of Photo:
Cabras, Sardinia, Italy
Date/Time of photo:
2024-08-21 05:31 local time
Equipment:
Celestron 114/910 Newton Planetary camera QHY5L-II-C Filter UV -IR cut Q-Barlow 2,25X Baader Planetarium Software: Sharpcap 4.1, PIPP, Astrosurface V1, GIMP
Description:
On the morning of 21 August 2024, at 5:31 local time, the occultation of Saturn by the Moon occurred. This is an image of me taken from a video in which the lunar rim and the planet were almost "in contact" just before the beginning of the phenomenon. You can see the great difference in brightness and apparent size of the two celestial bodies, with Saturn being many times larger but also vastly more distant than our satellite. The event lasted about an hour.
