Saturn Went Behind The Moon Saturday Morning (Amazing Video)

(Before It's News)

(N.Morgan) In the early morning hours of February 22, Saturn lies in the moon’s path and so the moon covered up Saturn, for a period of time. It appears as though Saturn is passing behind the bright limb of the moon. In fact, it’s the moon’s own motion that causes the occultation to take place. In other words, early Saturday morning, Saturn happened to lie in the moon’s path as the moon was pursing its regular monthly orbit around Earth. And so the moon covered up Saturn, for a time.

The occultation of Saturn could be seen only from certain parts of Earth: Madagascar, most of Australia and New Zealand. Thanks to Colin Legg, the rest of us can enjoy it. He provided these details:

Captured from Perth, Western Australia, just on dawn.

Equipment: Celestron C8, f/10, prime focus. Canon 5D2, running Magic Lantern RAW video firmware in 3x crop mode @ 1880 x 1056 resolution. 1/60 sec exposure, ISO 200, 10 fps.

Wondering how Saturn and the moon looked from North America on this Saturday dawn, February 22, 2014? See the chart below. By the time of our North American dawn on Saturday, the moon in its orbit of Earth had already moved beyond Saturn. Thus the two appeared some distance apart in our North American skies Saturday morning.

Moon Saturn Occultation – 22 Feb 2014 from Colin Legg on Vimeo.

Moon and Saturn as seen from North America before dawn on Saturday, February 22, 2014.

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