Occultation of Mars by the Moon
Taken by Peter Rosén on December 7, 2022 @
Central Stockholm, Sweden
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Date Taken: 2022:12:11 21:25:13
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Sorry, I make a repost because I forgot the link to the animation showing the ingress and egress of Mars from behind the Moon https://youtu.be/_cFBpah4Qtg .
On the 8th of December Mars was in opposition so the Sun, Earth and Mars were lined up. What made this event special was that the full Moon also lined up on the very same day and eclipsed Mars for about 50 minutes.
In Stockholm the sky had been cloudy for weeks and the weather forecast gave almost no hope for a clear sky. Nonetheless I was ready with my telescope and camera and despite high altitude clouds, wind gusts, a strong turbulence, -7°C and constantly fighting off frost on the optics, at least I could observe this rare event.
The Moon and Mars were also very low in the early morning sky, moving from an altitude of 19° to just 12°.
And this is the result. The film on Youtube has been sped up 8 times.
Telescope: C9 EdgeHD
Camera: ASI462 ADC: ASI ADC
ount: iOptron CEM60EC
This image reminds me of the images of the Earthrise behind the Moon taken by the crew of Appolo 8 at Christmas of 1968.
The second picture show the view on the evening of the 7th with a beautiful moonhalo and Mars just to the left of the moon. Jupiter can be seen to the right and closer to the horison. Taken with a fisheye lens.
/*Peter R
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