Saturnian Occultation (Dec 8, 2024)
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Disappearance(upper) & Appearance(lower) of Saturn
| Date & Time: | Dec 8 2024 (Times are displayed in image) |
| Optical: | Kasai 20cm(7.9") F6 Newtonian (NERO-200DX),
with Televue Powermate 2.5× (Syn. F15.0) |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial |
| Camera: | ZWO ASI 183MC with IDAS IR-cut filter |
| Location: | Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref. |
| Camera Settings: | 14 flames/sec.×2sec., Exp....1/14sec(Disappearance), 1/18sec(Appearance) |
| 20 flames stacked with AutoStakkert3 & wavelet process with Registax6 |
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Progress of occultation
| Date & Time: | Dec 8 2024 (Times are displayed in image) |
| Optical: | Kasai 20cm(7.9") F6 Newtonian (NERO-200DX),
with Televue Powermate 2.5× (Syn. F15.0) |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial |
| Camera: | ZWO ASI 183MC with IDAS IR-cut filter |
| Location: | Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref. |
| Camera Settings: | 14 flames/sec.×2sec., Exp....1/14sec(Disappearance), 1/18sec(Appearance) |
| 20 flames stacked with AutoStakkert3 & wavelet process with Registax6 |
On the evening of December 8, 2024, a favorable occultation of Saturn was observed across Japan.
This sky event was the first time since March 2002 that an occultation of Saturn was visible under favorable nighttime conditions.
At the observation site, Saturn took about one minute to slowly disappear behind the dark limb of the 7.2-aged waxing crescent moon at around 18:20 JST.
Approximately 40 minutes later, Saturn reappeared from the bright limb.
All the images on this page are oriented with the celestial north pole at the top.
