This is outright cool as h*ck

[irisblue]

Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) Tweeted:
Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon during a lunar occultation, captured from a ground based telescope by amateur astronomer Jan Koet.

Source: https://t.co/4VqMDf8GEA https://t.co/f5MLB4joqa

Link to tweet

[LaurenOlimina]

1. Did you just asterix out "heck?"

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. LOL! I thought the same thing.

[dewsgirl]

5. Me too. I find it cute they felt the need.

[irisblue]

9. Knowing that the internet is forever, I try to limit profanity in subject lines

And I stole that from at dog_rates
🐾

[lillypaddle]

34. I just thought they misspelled "fuck"

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. That is super cool. Thanks for posting!

[underpants]

4. Star Trek intro rip off

[sdfernando]

22. if you look really closely

at Titan you just make out the top of the Enterprise emerging from the gaseous clouds.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[sl8]

7. Language!

That is really cool. Thanks.

[wysimdnwyg]

8. I have to wonder...

I'm certain that Saturn doesn't look that big from the moon, so I'm wondering how much of the increase in size is due to zooming in from the Earth-based camera, and how much is due to the lensing effect of gravity.

[Fla Dem]

13. I thought the same thing. But seeing how enlarged the Moon appears in the video

the telescope had to be very powerful.

[CloudWatcher]

17. Gravity lensing

While gravitational lensing is really cool, it's not a factor in this video. The distortion by the moon's gravity is very tiny. The distortion by the Sun was just enough to barely notice in timings of observations of Mercury. Actual lensing kinda requires galaxy sized masses.

Saturn is really pretty visible when looked at through even a smallish telescope. I don't think there are any tricks going on here other than having an appropriate level of magnification by the telescope.

[wysimdnwyg]

21. Thanks for the explanation

I know just enough about astronomy to have good questions, but not enough to know the answers. I even took an astronomy class as a freshman in college, but that was a very long time ago. And my telescope, such as it is, hasn't seen the outside of the box in many years.

It does make sense that the optics of viewing through a telescope would amplify the image of Saturn enough that it looks very close, despite it's likely actual appearance from the moon as little more than a large star (similar to how it appears from Earth).

[KY_EnviroGuy]

28. From Post 27, below....

Interpreted from German (?):

Saturnus May 22 2007 reappears after occultation by the Moon. Video was made by a 18cm Astro Physics 180EDT, a Meade 5000 3x Barlow and a ToUcam2. Some afterprocessing was done, to push the brightness of the faint Saturn to match that of the Moon. The video passes twice as fast as it was in reality.

Takes some pretty good patience and precise timing as well, though.......

[2naSalit]

10. That's really amazing.

[CaptYossarian]

11. Fantastic, amazing and incredible!

Why can't our planet be round too?

[MrModerate]

15. The days of the Flat Earthers are probably over...

Ever since their leading proponent augured into the California desert the other day.

[CaptYossarian]

18. His demise is what prompted my little comment.

There are probably many more out there. They just don't have their own Wikipedia page.

[tblue37]

31. "Netflix 'flat Earther' arrested after video shows him yelling at school kids in SC"

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article240844656.html

[CaptYossarian]

33. He's right about one thing.

Thompson didn't come from monkeys. Monkeys are intelligent.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

12. Very cool!

[MrModerate]

14. OK, that's unambiguously cool. n/t

[H2O Man]

16. Recommended.

[Bayard]

19. Awww.....

Our moon birthing a little planet...

[chowder66]

20. Magnificent.nt

[HotTeaBag]

23. After Effects.

Cool though.

[Dem2theMax]

24. That video is beyond words.

Awe. Awe of the universe.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

25. Just...WOW!

[BigmanPigman]

26. Reminds me of 2001 A Space Odyssey

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. Here's the YouTube video with astronomer's notes.....

Saturn occultation

Jan Koet
•May 31, 2009

Saturnus 22 mei 2007 wederverschijning na occultatie door de Maan. Opname gemaakt met 18cm Astro Physics 180EDT, een Meade 5000 3x Barlow en een ToUcam2. Het verkregen resultaat werd nabewerkt, om de helderheid van de zwakke Saturnus wat op te krikken. De video verloopt twee maal zo snel als het in werkelijkheid was.

Saturnus May 22 2007 reappears after occultation by the Moon. Video was made by a 18cm Astro Physics 180EDT, a Meade 5000 3x Barlow and a ToUcam2. Some afterprocessing was done, to push the brightness of the faint Saturn to match that of the Moon. The video passes twice as fast as it was in reality.

Thanks for posting, Irisblue...........

[Nitram]

29. Oh, wow!!!!!

[Karadeniz]

30. That's unbelievable!

[GeoWilliam750]

32. Cool!