The Occultation of Mars, anyway.

How typically do you get to see one thing new, one thing you might have by no means earlier than seen? I received to have that have this night.

Some of us consider within the occult. I consider in a sort of occultation, however it entails our Moon and the planet Mars. This night the complete Moon, the Chilly Moon, handed in entrance of the planet Mars. At that second, the Earth, the Moon, and Mars had been nearly completely aligned.
The occasion unfolded over about twenty minutes from the time I received the digital camera out. At first Mars was simply seen, however because it received nearer, the sunshine of the complete moon pale Mars out, however the digital camera had no drawback.
I used to be photographing this with my handheld Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80 with a 60x zoom. So the finer particulars weren’t seen, however I guess a few of the telescope rigs arrange across the planet received some good options on Mars. I used to be completely satisfied to see the disk form of the small planet!

I might like to have captured the re-emergence of Mars on the opposite aspect, however I needed to educate my evening course. Such is life, however it certain is enjoyable to see one thing for the very first time!