Occultation of Saturn by the Moon on 2001 November 3rd
| This occultation of Saturn by the Moon occurred on the evening of 3rd November 2001. The observed (UT) timings as seen from Torquay were:- | |||||||||
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An animated sequence of images captured by Chris Proctor using the Mx5c CCD. | ||||||||
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(CD version only) An 11 minute movie produced from sequences captured by Dave Norman using a colour video CCD camera on his 8" scope. The movie starts with Saturn approaching and disappearing behind the (over-exposed) illuminated limb of the Moon. A series of 10 second clips of the passing lunar surface follows. Then Saturn re-appears from the dark limb of the (slightly past full) Moon. Finally, a scan round the Moon shows how lucky we were with the weather as the clouds start to roll in! | ||||||||