A stunning time-lapse sequence of telescopic images captures Saturn reappearing from behind the Moon's limb near Mare Crisium. The sequence, taken from the Powell Observatory in Kansas, shows the planet emerging over about 2 minutes during a lunar occultation on February 20th, 2024.

Astronomy Picture from 22/02/2002

Saturn at the Lunar Limb

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020222.html


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