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    Oct 22, 2020 3 minutes

    PHOTO OF THE MONTH

    The Moon occulting Mars

    Ricardo J Vaz Tolentino, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 6 September 2020

    “Despite the adverse conditions - atmospheric turbulence, dew, wind and cold - I managed to capture this beautiful and anxiously awaited astronomical event from my rooftop observatory in Belo Horizonte. The image was taken at 03:02 UT, at the start of the occultation, and is one of an hour-long sequence of photos. By 03:04 UT, Mars had disappeared from view, reappearing 50 minutes later in the southeastern region near the

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