Dr. Becky | The Moon occults Saturn on Wednesday 21st August 2024 @DrBecky | Uploaded 1 month ago | Updated 3 days ago
In the early morning of the 21st august the full moon will fully occult Saturn - occult comes from a latin word which means “to hide” something - which is exactly what happens here the moon as it moves along its orbit will pass in front of Saturn and hide it for a while. Now because of the angles involved for the moon to fully block Saturn from our perspective this is only visible in certain parts of the world - from South America, across northern Africa, and Europe - there's a link below that gives the time of the occultation - but the fun thing to do is to watch for a long period of time with binoculars or a telescope and see Saturn disappear behind the moon and then reappear again - in the UK that occurs around half 4 in the morning, again depending on your exact location and reappears again around 45 minutes later. If you want to check exact timings for your location I’d recommend using an app like Stellarium, I like the desktop version for things like this, and I’ll zoom in on Saturn and the moon and just click forward on the time to see what time Saturn will disappear and reappear.
Timings for occultation of Saturn by the Moon - http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/0821saturn.htm
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In the early morning of the 21st august the full moon will fully occult Saturn - occult comes from a latin word which means “to hide” something - which is exactly what happens here the moon as it moves along its orbit will pass in front of Saturn and hide it for a while. Now because of the angles involved for the moon to fully block Saturn from our perspective this is only visible in certain parts of the world - from South America, across northern Africa, and Europe - there's a link below that gives the time of the occultation - but the fun thing to do is to watch for a long period of time with binoculars or a telescope and see Saturn disappear behind the moon and then reappear again - in the UK that occurs around half 4 in the morning, again depending on your exact location and reappears again around 45 minutes later. If you want to check exact timings for your location I’d recommend using an app like Stellarium, I like the desktop version for things like this, and I’ll zoom in on Saturn and the moon and just click forward on the time to see what time Saturn will disappear and reappear.
Timings for occultation of Saturn by the Moon - http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/0821saturn.htm
#shorts #astronomy #stargazing #nightsky
