On September 18, 1997, many stargazer in the U. S. were able to watch a lovelyearly mornin lunar occultation a a bright Moonpassed in front of Saturn Using a 1.2 meter reflector, astronomerKris Stanek had a excellent view of this dream-like event from th WhippleObservatory atop Arizona' Mount Hopkins.This animated gif image was constructed by Wes Colleyfrom 4 frames taken by Stanekat 35 second intervals as the ringed planet emerged from behin the Moon's dark limb While lunar occultations of fairly bright starsand planets are not extremely rare events, thei exacttiming depends critically on the observer's location.For observers i westernNorth America, the Moon will nextoccult Saturn on Monday morning September 10.
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