Object Name (Saturn, Moon first croissant)
Object Type (Occultation)
Location (Artignosc-sur-Verdon, France )
Date (2014 Oct 26)
Media (graphite pencil, watercolour, white paper, Paint.net for inversion and crop)
Occultation of Saturn by the Moon
Here join a watercolour I made while Saturn just leaves the very young moon.
That was a very nice spectacle indeed!
The original sketch was done in B&W on white paper; the small brilliant point on the very end of the moon croissant was used to define the Saturn disk intensity.
The colours were added in my workshop and the inverted while scanning.
During the emersion (17:17 UTC) the moon was less than 4° up my horizon and the sun was only 6° behind. So the sky was still clear.
The observation was made with a 102 f/10 refractor and a 10mm Delos EP, no filters.
Clear sky to you all !
Michel Deconinck
Michel,
A most impressive capture of the occultation.
You are always on top of these celestial events.
Excellent.
Frank 🙂
Michel,
Simply beautiful capture. I like the background blue color as well, it is so serene.
Cindy
Thank you Frank and Cindy, I was happy to share this observation with you!
Michel