If you looked up at the sky last night, you would have noticed a beautifully bright and full moon. Well, remember to look up on July 24 and 25 too, because things are about to get more fascinating with a Saturn-Moon conjunction.
During the conjunction, Saturn and the moon will appear close to each other in the sky, and may even appear to touch. The Science Centre Observatory (SCOB) says that this is a rare event – planet-Moon conjunctions occur often, but Saturn-Moon conjunctions only once every 20 years because of the ringed planet's much longer orbit around the sun.
A Singapore photographer captured a few awe-inspiring shots of the planet Saturn, apparently right next to the moon.
The rare sight, known as a "conjunction", took place on Jul. 24 from around 11:30pm
The photos, taken with a Sony A1 camera and a Sony 600mm f4 with 2X teleconverter, show a minuscule Saturn — with its characteristic rings clearly visible — side-by-side with the moon.
Koh told Mothership that he took the photos at 4:33am, when the two celestial objects were closest to each other.
To achieve the photo, he found a place near his home at Punggol Central with an unblocked view of the moon.
As the moon "moves across the sky quite fast", he had to adjust his equipment to ensure that it was within the frame.
He added that it was not a composite photo, and it was only edited for brightness and contrast, as the moon is much brighter than Saturn.
"This is not AI fill-in," he quipped.
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