Uranus Occultation during Lunar Eclipse (Nov 8, 2022)


Real-time movie

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Date & Time: Nov 8 2022
Disappearance: 20:43:06 to 20:43:37 JST (31sec.)
Appearance: 21:27:18 to 21:27:48 JST (30sec.)
Optical: BORG 60ED
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera: ZWO ASI 183MC with IR-cut filter
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...8bit AVI(2440×1836), 3.34fps
Exp...1/6sec., Gain...380



Series of photographs

Date & Time: Nov 8 2022
Optical: VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC (f=1800mm, F9.0)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(7360×4912)
Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Daylight


This is the Uranus occultation occurred during the total lunar eclipse seen on Nov 8, 2022. The above video is a real-time movie of 30 seconds each of Uranus' disappearance and appearance. It takes about 20 seconds for Uranus (4 arc seconds in diameter) to be hidden by the moon and then to reappear.
The series of photographs below are high-resolution images of Uranus' disappearance and appearance captured by a digital still camera.



Eclipsed Moon with winter constellations (Nov 8, 2022)
Venusian Occultation on Aug 14, 2012

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