{"id":23536,"date":"2025-04-16T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/23536\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T01:57:13","slug":"ground-telescope-in-arizona-captures-mars-rising-over-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/23536\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Telescope in Arizona Captures Mars Rising Over the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/04\/15\/ground-telescope-in-arizona-captures-mars-rising-over-the-moon\/mars-occult\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-789671 noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mars-Occult-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of the moon's surface showing detailed craters and textures. In the background, a small reddish celestial object, likely a planet or a star, appears on the horizon against a black sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-large wp-image-789671\"  \/><\/a>Mars rises above the Moon\u2019s surface, as seen from Arizona on January 25. <\/p>\n<p>Mars was captured rising above the lunar surface after it was occulted by the Moon on January 13, in a newly-released image. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Planet was captured rising out of the lunar occultation on January 13 by the new Visitor Center 0.6-meter Shreve Telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab, near Tucson, Arizona. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree days after this photo was taken, Mars was in opposition to the Sun from our point of view on Earth, so coming out of occultation the red planet was almost fully sunlit and appeared brighter and bigger than usual,\u201d writes the NoirLab <a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/images\/iotw2513a\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">in a press release. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although lunar occultations \u2013 where the Moon passes directly in front of a planet from our perspective on Earth \u2013 happen fairly frequently, it is difficult to see one. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because lunar occultations can only be from a small area of the Earth\u2019s surface. Since the Moon sits so much closer to Earth than Mars, the occultation can only be seen from narrow bands of the planet\u2019s surface. Perspective is everything: the Moon\u2019s apparent position in the sky can shift by up to four times its own width depending on where you\u2019re standing on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, backyard astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2022\/12\/09\/photographer-captures-magical-moment-mars-emerges-from-behind-the-moon\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent months planning for one<\/a>. That time it was Mars that appeared over the lunar horizon also. <\/p>\n<p>Two evening visitor guides at the Kitt Peak Visitor Center captured this image using a public-access telescope and free imaging software. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/04\/15\/ground-telescope-in-arizona-captures-mars-rising-over-the-moon\/kitt_peak_national_observatory_in_the_quinlan_mountains_2023\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-789675 noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory_in_the_Quinlan_Mountains_2023-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A scenic view of several observatory domes on a hilly landscape at sunset, with a winding road, green trees, and a colorful sky with orange and pink clouds in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-large wp-image-789675\"  \/><\/a>Various telescopes at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in the Quinlan Mountains. <\/p>\n<p>KPNO hosts one of the largest and most varied collections of astronomical instruments in the Northern Hemisphere. Nestled in Arizona\u2019s Quinlan Mountains, within the Schuk Toak District of the Tohono O\u2018odham Nation, the observatory welcomes visitors daily. <\/p>\n<p>Guests can explore the facilities on guided day and night tours, peer through telescopes, and even book overnight stays to photograph deep-sky wonders beneath some of the clearest, darkest skies in North America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credits:<\/strong> Credit: KPNO \/ NOIRLab \/ NSF\/ AURA\/ J. Winsky &amp; A. Sorensen. Image processing: J. Winsky &amp; M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mars rises above the Moon\u2019s surface, as seen from Arizona on January 25. 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