• File: Antares occultation by crescent Moon.

    by Elias Chasiotis <style></style> Lunar occultations are always a breathtaking sight. On October 21, 2009, we had an occultation of Antares by a 3.5 day old crescent moon, low in the SW horizon after sunset. <tbody> Disappearance was from the dark limb and took place...
  • File: Daytime Occultation of Antares, August 27, 2009

    by Valmir Martins de Morais Occultation of Antares - Day August 27, 2009 H ere, in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará , in Brazil the star Antares did not want to deprive us of your beauty and hide behind the Moon. Decided to share your walk with the Moon for awhile to amaze us. Mosaic composed of 7 images...
  • File: Lunar Occultation of the Pleiades (M45), 2006/4/1

    by Dave Mitsky I took this eyepiece projection shot of Atlas (27 Tauri), the second brightest star in the Pleiades, as it emerged from lunar occultation on 2006/4/1 using a 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain and my Canon EOS Digital Rebel DSLR camera. The location was the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's...
  • File: Moon - Jupiter occultation.

    Jupiter appears behind the moon after being hidden, this was a beautiful astronomical phenomenon. The photo was taken through a Meade LX 200 and using afocal mode with a Canon T2i and a 50 mm. lens. Vicuña, Chile.
  • File: Moon occult Venus

    On May 16, the Moon occulted Venus at 8:48 pm UT. This occultation is difficult to see because the Sun was very near. Τhey exists many clouds, but we are very lucky for a few second in ingress and egress! Photo taken from Mt Parnon in Sparta Greece with Canon EOS 500D & WO 105 APO Telescope...
  • File: Occultation at the Valley of the Temples

    by Elias Chasiotis A dreamy trip to Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, for the occultation of Venus of December 1, 2008. I photographed the event from the majestic Valley of Temples, the greatest complex of ancient Greek temples in the world. This is the temple of Concord, the most wonderful and well preserved...
  • File: Parallax by day

    by Anthony Ayiomamitis The near-occultation of Regulus by the Moon during the afternoon of May 23, 2007 was the basis for the image above where the author and a very good friend (Pete Lawrence) coordinated their efforts so as to capture the apparent location of Regulus near the Moon and as observed from...
  • File: Selene and Aphrodite (2010)

    by Anthony Ayiomamitis Venus is only second to the Moon when it comes to the brightest object visible in the evening sky and, in fact, is also visible during the day naked-eye when sufficiently away from the sun. For this particular occultation involving the Moon and Venus, the latter was characterized...
  • File: Stormy occultation

    Photo taken by: Stefano De Rosa I was waiting to observe the starting of the occultation of the Pleiades by the Moon, when a lightning "exploded" behind a big cloud formation close to the event, illuminating the nearby landscape (a hill behind the city of San Remo - Italy) Photo details: ...
  • File: The Moon and Venus after occultation 22 Apr 2009

    by Martin Ratcliffe The Moon and Venus both show crescent phases just after Venus reappeared from behind the Moon during the occultation April 22, 2009. 4-inch Tele Vue NP-101 apochromatic refractor at f/5.4, Canon PowerShot G5 camera, 1/1000-second exposure.
  • File: The Moon approaches Venus 22 Apr 2009

    by Martin Ratcliffe Taken with a Canon PowerShot G5 camera, 1/50-second exposure at f/4. Taken April 22, 2009, at 5:44:24 CDT.
  • File: The Moon occults Jupiter

    Unexpected clear skies allowed me to enjoy this beautiful event. Taken from Bariloche, Argentina, on 2012-09-08 at dawn.
  • File: The Moon occults the Pleiades (M45)

    by Ernest D. Adams 23:09 CDT 3-20-2010 San Antonio, Texas Camera: Canon XSi Settings: Exposure 3.2 seconds, f/11, max aperture f/5.7, iso 1600, 250mm RAW image processed in PS Elements 7.
  • File: The Occultation of Antares, 2009/6/6

    by Dave Mitsky This prime focus image of the first-magnitude star Antares and the Moon was captured after Antares reappeared through a 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain and my Canon EOS Digital Rebel DSLR camera. The location was the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory near Lewisberry...