On the night of October 18, 2016, the moon occulted the star Aldebaran. An "occultation" simply means that one astronomical object passes in front of another. This is similar to an eclipse and the distinctions between the two are subtle. We really only think of an eclipse involving either the sun or the moon. For a solar eclipse, the moon passes in front of, and blocks the sun, either in part or in full. In a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes between the sun and [...]
