Moon Mars Occultation

[Del]

This morning at 05:00 the Moon occulted (eclipsed) Mars. Here's some photos taken with a 500mm lens on a Nikon D500 (and cropped) for anyone interested. First 2 are as Mars is about to be covered, the third as it reappeared and hour later.

20221208_050030_DSC_8208 by Derek Small, on Flickr

20221208_050047_DSC_8217 by Derek Small, on Flickr

20221208_060020_DSC_8225 by Derek Small, on Flickr

[zero_gravity]

Brilliant pics Del.
I seem to be plagued by coastal cloud here , havn't managed any decent imaging for weeks

Well done on the occultation !

[Pippie123]

Fantastic pictures

[Pune]

Fabulous images..

[dragonchaser]

Super pictures and interesting info.

[Del]

Thanks for the comments. So often these events are ruined by the weather, so it was good the get some results, even if it was in sub-zero temperatures

[roger_d]

Great shots.