The bright star Antares
slips behind the moon during a late night occultation in this series of images.
Skywatcher Jim Tegerdine
observed the moon’s late-night occultation of Antares, the brightest star in
the constellation Scorpius at about midnight on May 24, 2005 in Marysville, Washington.
The event was visible to
most North American viewers granted with clear skies, but don’t worry if you
missed it.
A second - and final -
chance to catch the moon occult Antares this year will come between July 17 and
18, though only skywatchers in the southern United States will be positioned to
catch it.
Elsewhere, the star will
appear to just graze the limb of an 85 percent waxing gibbous moon.
Tegerdine
used a Meade DSI color CCD camera and a Mead 10-inch LX50 telescope to observe
the occultation.
-- SPACE.com Staff
Credit: J. Tegerdine
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