Observation by Martin Lewis: Saturn Occultation 21st Aug 2024

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2024 Aug 21 - 03:28

Uploaded

2024 Aug 21 - 23:07

Objects

Saturn
The Moon
Conjunction

Equipment

222mm Dobsonian
Uranus C camera with L filter

Location

St Albans, UK

Target name

Saturn

Title

Saturn Occultation 21st Aug 2024

About this image

Composite of last night's occultation at ingress. Moon a separate stack from Saturn, but both based on videos taken just a few minutes before ingress. Brightness difference between Moon and Saturn about 30x and difference reduced in this composite to make Saturn more visible.

Martin

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Occultation_2024-08-21-0328_L_MLe resized.png (1.0 MB)

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