25/12/2006
Local:Pátio (Leiria 39.75N 8.82W alt:60m)

Christmas Conjunction Uranus and Moon

In the reality this conjunction went the all the way to an occultation of Uranus by the Moon in little less of one hour later. A contrail helped overshadowing the illuminated side of the Moon and allow a bit more exposure time to regist the relatively faint planet that wasn't even viewable with the binoculars.

(clique na imagem - click on the image)

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