Jupiter Occultation

On Tuesday morning this week, I was able to watch a rare astronomical event: the occultation of a planet by the moon. These events, called occultations, are when the planet (or a star) passes “behind” the moon from the viewers perspective. In this case the event was only visible for part of the Earth (including the US East Coast). For the rest of the world Jupiter and the moon were close to each other (called a conjunction). I’ll be back with more info and pics of this event, but here is a link to a video, I took during the event.

(Raw Jupiter Occultation Video)