THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION
SATURN SECTION
LUNAR OCCULTATION OF SATURN, 2007 MARCH 2
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THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION SATURN SECTION LUNAR OCCULTATION OF SATURN, 2007 MARCH 2 |
Saturn was occulted by the Moon on 2007 March 2 and was visible over parts of Europe. However it was especially interesting from the UK perspective as the relatively wide graze path lay approximately north-west, south east across the country running from Lewis in the north down to Brighton in the south. Observers to the west of the graze path would only see a close conjunction between the Moon and Saturn, with Saturn lying to the south. Those observing from within the graze path would see some part of the planet and rings occulted by the Moon. Observers to the east of the graze path would see a full but relatively short duration occultation with the planet and its satellites disappearing behind a section of the south east quadrant of the Moon. The exact ingress and egress points for both the graze and full occultation would depend upon the observer’s location. The following images are orientated with with north approximately upwards except were noted.
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| Peter Lawrence. 356 mm Schmidt Cassegrain (C14) Sequence of images showing the graze occultation | Peter Lawrence. 356 mm Schmidt Cassegrain (C14). 02:38 - 02:59 UT |
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| Damian Peach. 235 mm Schmidt Cassegrain Graze occultation. Red filter. (Left). 02:25 UT. (Right). 02:53 UT. | John Rogers. Drawings made with a 254 mm Newtonian.(South up) |
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| David Arditti.254 mm Dall Kirkham. | David Tyler. 356 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain. 02:45 UT. |
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| Mike Foulkes | James Jefferson-Wilson |
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| Charley Barclay.02:48 UT. | Sheridan Williams | Val and Andrew White |
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| Composite image showing the parallax of the occultation due differing UK locations. South is upwards. Image prepared by John Rogers | ||
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