Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. A planet, for example, can pass in front of a star. Some occultations are eclipses. The word is often used in astronomy. It can also be used in a non-astronomical sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults (covers up) objects in the background.
Occultation Media
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Occultation of Uranus during the lunar eclipse on 8 November 2022.
Jupiter (the bright object in the upper right) a few minutes before being occulted by the Moon on 16 June 2005.
Occultation of the planet Saturn by the Moon. Camera: Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera. Telescope: Vixen R130S, 5.1" Newton Telescope on Super Polaris GEM, 20mm eyepiece. Stacking in Photoshop, animation in ImageReady. The image has south up, and east at right, as it appears in an astronomical telescope.
Ten Minute Time Lapse Video of the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024, in Mazatlán, Mexico.
A grazing occultation of Rhea by Dione, two moons of Saturn, imaged by Cassini–Huygens.
This animation shows the path of the shadow of the dwarf planet Makemake during an occultation of a faint star in April 2011. Note: the actual shape of the shadow on Earth will not be exactly round as shown here. This video is to illustrate the phenomenon.
