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Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Kolkata, India
02/05/2024
05:02 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon Z6ii
Sigma 150-600c
iOptron Skyguider Pro
Leofoto LS364c + LH 40

Post-processing Details:

Lightroom, Pipp, Photoshop

Image Details:

Lunar Occultation of Antares.

Last night, the 5th magnitude star Antares slowly moved behind the moon (of course, from our perspective). Such hiding of celestial bodies behind another celestial body is known as occultation. In an occultation, one body disappears from one side, and reappears from the other side.

This image captures the final moment of disappearance at 5:02 AM.

Nikon Z6ii
Sigma 150-600c
iOptron Skyguider Pro
Leofoto LS364c + LH 40

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