Astromovies-Occultations

OCCULTATIONS

Beautiful Aldebaran Occultation by the Moon !

Dec 23, 2015

Fluorite 102/900 + 2" special adaptator ring + 1.4 x Extender, Canon 500D with MagicLantern in 1s intervalometer. 1/30s 100 ISO.
Aldebaran is the white dot which disappears 1 sec later behind the part of the Moon in shadow situated at about 8:30 (on a 12 hours disk).

Animation of 2 consecutive pictures at start of occultation

Pictures at end of occultation.
Aldebaran is the white dot which appears at about 2:30 (on a 12 hours disk).
Click for full size !

A daylight eclipse of Venus by the Moon !

Link to a real time movie taken with a DCR-PC Sony camcorder and 1.5x extension. This is in real time, no acceleration.

Below Venus is occulted by the dark side of the Moon.
This was transmitted as a livecast at a slower rate (1/10fps, here 1fps)!

Later Venus is again slowly visible, so bright compared to the Moon !
This was transmitted as a livecast at a slower rate (1/10fps, here 1fps)!

Moon & Saturn grazing Occultation 20070302

Below you can upload real time astromovies (thumbnails are accelerated)
to feel as if you did the pictures yourself !

click on GIF animations for original format

(2.5Mo)

(3.5Mo)

3 & 4

Getting closer 1 (4Mo)

Getting Closer 2 (6Mo)

Full contact !!! - (18Mo!)

SBS crossed eyes view

Anaglyph view

Parameters and Explanations

AVI

Except otherwise posted, all movies are captured at my home

Related still images

20070618
This picture extracted from above movie.

LX200 12" at main focus, B&W moded Toucam Pro, R25 red filter to cut the blue sky.

1

20070302-024022-024123UT
All movies taken at the main focus of the LX 200 12" with a Toucam900 in color mode. Manual exposure mode. 10 fps acquisition.
This movie well exposed for Saturn

2

20070302-024141-024243UT

This movie well exposed for the Moon
Above, 4 image have been combined for Saturn. Also saturation of the Moon has been increased slowly in PSD on a good original looking before processing just like image below !.
click on image for a larger one.

3&4

20070302-024511-024617UT

20070302-024306-024444UT

Same as 1 & 2 but Saturn and Moon are getting closer

5

20070302-024642-025340UT

Now Saturn will slowly glide almost behing the Moon... very spectacular !

NB. This AVI will take a good min to download on a fast internet stream !

AVI	Except otherwise posted, all movies are captured at my home	Related still images
20070618	This picture extracted from above movie. LX200 12" at main focus, B&W moded Toucam Pro, R25 red filter to cut the blue sky.
1	20070302-024022-024123UT All movies taken at the main focus of the LX 200 12" with a Toucam900 in color mode. Manual exposure mode. 10 fps acquisition. This movie well exposed for Saturn
2	20070302-024141-024243UT This movie well exposed for the Moon	Above, 4 image have been combined for Saturn. Also saturation of the Moon has been increased slowly in PSD on a good original looking before processing just like image below !. click on image for a larger one.
3&4	20070302-024511-024617UT 20070302-024306-024444UT Same as 1 & 2 but Saturn and Moon are getting closer
5	20070302-024642-025340UT Now Saturn will slowly glide almost behing the Moon... very spectacular ! NB. This AVI will take a good min to download on a fast internet stream !