Incredible footage of Saturn rising behind the moon

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Incredible footage of Saturn rising behind the moon

In the clip, Saturn can be seen rising from behind the moon at a close distance.
A lunar occultation is a celestial event that describes when the Moon appears to move in front of another object in the sky. The object can be either a star, a planet, or an asteroid - in this case, it refers to Saturn.
An astronomer named Jan Koet captured the video footage using a group-based telescope.He added that some after-processing was done "to push the brightness of the faint Saturn to match that of the Moon."

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