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    Mars re-emerging from behind the Moon tonight
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    Mars re-emerging from behind the Moon tonight

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    1. NAYRarts on

      I shot multiple frames every 3 seconds and will be stacking images later for better clarity!

      Camera: Canon R7 
      Lens: Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary 
      Exposure: 1/200s f/10 ISO200
      Editing: Lightroom Mobile on Android
      Star Tracker Mount: Skywatcher AZ GTI

    3. PianoMan2112 on

      All the talk about this, but I didn’t see anything mention it’s also within 1 day of Mars’ closest approach to Earth, so it’s larger in these photos than normal. (Unfortunately I live in the crappy Northeast US where it’s cloudy from December to May, so I missed this, and will probably miss the entire close approach.)

    4. Deleteaccount245096 on

      I saw that tonight in my telescope and I had no idea what I was looking at. You just resolved my curiosity. Thanks! Went back outside to see it through my telescope again and now the sun is creating too much extra light for me to see it well.

    6. inventingnothing on

      This is called a “reappearance or egress from occultation”

      Yes, it the term has a loose connection to the Occult. The Occult is in reference to hidden knowledge that can only be revealed through some ritual or practice. Occultation refers to one celestial object being hidden behind another.

    7. OwlFriend69 on

      I stared at the first picture trying to spot Mars for way too long before I realized there were more pictures. Great job!