{"id":22544,"date":"2022-12-11T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T09:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/11\/astrophotographer-captures-stunning-image-of-mars-as-it-rises-from-behind-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T09:08:05","slug":"astrophotographer-captures-stunning-image-of-mars-as-it-rises-from-behind-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/11\/astrophotographer-captures-stunning-image-of-mars-as-it-rises-from-behind-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrophotographer Captures Stunning Image of Mars as it Rises From Behind the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit<\/strong>: Andrew McCarthy<\/a><\/span>
Many were able to witness the rare lunar occultation of Mars<\/a> earlier this week, including astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. This celestial phenomenon occurs when one celestial body (Mars) seemingly disappears or hides behind another (Moon). The image you see above is the result of stacking thousands of images to average out the atmospheric turbulence as well as eliminate noise.<\/p>\n

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I got it! Mars reappearing after being temporarily hidden by the moon. I got a ton of footage, I’m going to clean it up and share images soon! pic.twitter.com\/xdXVZLWUzN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nDue to the field of view being so narrow, McCarthy filled in the surrounding area by capturing more photos of the Moon after Mars cleared the lunar limb. These images were then assembled into the final image as a high-resolution mosaic. One thing to note is that you\u2019re not seeing the Moon\u2019s thin atmosphere, but rather just moonlight scattering.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s actually moonlight scattering off of our atmosphere! The moons atmosphere is essentially undetectable from earth. We first detected it at the start of the Apollo program using surface and orbital probes,\u201d said McCarthy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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