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Grazing Occultation of Saturn - March 1st 2007 Saturn and Grazing Occultation of Saturn - March 1st 2007

An event that sees Saturn 'graze' the Moon's southern edge.

Image courtesy of John Gifford


Saturn and Moon

Images below were taken with LX200 GPS 14 inch, Philips SPC 900NC webcam with Baader IR/UV blocking filter and captured with K3CCD tools. Registered and stacked with Registax and processed in Photoshop CS. March 1st near occultation is a composite as two different sets of exposures had to be made, 1 for Saturn and the other for the moon.

Saturn Saturn & Moon
Saturn Saturn and Moon

Images Courtesy of Rob Hodgkinson