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And the the #Pleiades #occultation by the #Moon is already history in Bochum, Germany: a final timestep at 22:34 UTC, with the Moon having cleared all major stars of the cluster. Nice show that was - though only for the camera (which was a Panasonic DMC-FZ300 on a tripod, mostly at maximum zoom; this image 1/5 second at f/3.2 and ISO 200, with the Pleiades 25° up).

Another timestep of the #Pleiades #occultation by the #Moon, at 21:26 UTC - Merope had just emerged behind the dark side. Interestingly no stars whatsoever could be seen in 11 x 70 binoculars though the Moon - nice terminator - was a beauty. The Moon's elevation was 15°; 1/4 second at f/3.2 and ISO 200.

The East Asia meeting of the International #Occultation Timing Association or #IOTA took place in the last few hours - here are all 6 1/2 hours of it: #Hayabusa2 extended mission").

#Occultation Light Curves and the Case of TOI-3884: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adf6be -> Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/astronomers-map-stellar-polka-dots-using-nasas-tess-kepler/

A crazy picture of the #occultation of the #Pleiades by the #Moon right now ... shot with a handheld camera through a window and a hole in the clouds from Bochum, Germany. See https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VgrVTvLkmkn7SjUGXRKTYTNsxUFs8kyPZXN9TbHsLiuUeb2xCY5p7SDQ6QzBsiWVl for more pictures: the cluster stars came and went and were never all at once in the clear. But hey, I kinda got it. ;-)