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On 22nd May 2007 the moon occulted (passed over) the planet Saturn. I didn't get pictures of that event but I did capture some photos of the two bodies close together around a quarter past ten local time. All were taken with a Canon EOS300D camera at ISO 200, at prime focus of a Megrez 80 Triplet Super Apo telescope.
21:14 UTC, Exposure 1.3 sec, Moon with Earthshine and Saturn with Titan
Note: The bright speck between Titan and the Moon is a hot pixel in the camera's sensor.
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21:16 UTC - 1/100 sec exposure
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21:16 UTC - Composite of Moon at 1/200 sec and Saturn at 1/100 sec
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