Occultation of Regulus (Reappearance)
Taken by Alan Dyer on February 2, 2026 @
near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS R5
Exposure Time: 1/40
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 200
Date Taken: 2026:02:03 11:36:26
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Details:
This is the bright star Regulus (the tiny speck above the Moon) just after reappearing from behind the dark limb of the waning gibbous Moon above the Moon at top. This was February 2, 2026 when the Moon occulted Regulus, though from my location only the reappearance was visible, about an hour after moonrise this night, and amid light cloud adding the colours. The Moon was a day past full.
Technical:
A single 1/40th-second exposure with the Canon R5 at ISO 200. on the Askar SQA130 astrographic refractor at its native f/4.8 for 620mm focal length. Processed with separate masks for Moon, sky and star, to retain detail on the bright Moon while bringing out the star and colours in the "lunar corona" from the clouds around the Moon. The image is cropped in from the original.
Photographer's website:
https://www.amazingsky.com
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