Watching the Saturn occultation last night was awesome.

Saturn disappeared while it was still daylight (5:26PM), 
but knowing where it was supposed to be made spotting it 
with the telescope easy.  It slowly slipped behind the
moon.  It took less than a minute to disappear completely. 

Lorelei and I both took turns watching it disappear.  I had
been looking forward to last night for at least a month, and
was surprised at how excited I became.  With cloudy skies on
Monday and Tuesday I had been worried that I'd miss it and
have to wait until next time...unfortunately that is not 
until 2014 in North America.  Since it was still daylight 
when Saturn disappeared it was too bright to photograph.

Saturn reappeared on the other side of the moon after dark 
at 6:58PM.   This time Nathaniel was able to see it.   The
picture I've attached was taken about 7:03PM last night 
from Houston.  I did have to do some "cleaning" up with
PhotoShop.

Nathaniel has recently become my Astronomy partner.  
We usually stick to looking at Jupiter, Betelgeuse, 
Sirius and the moon, but this weekend he got his first 
look at Saturn.   He loves looking through the telescope.

Clear skies!

Bruce