The animation covers a three day time period leading up to the day when the bright moon Titiania occulted a magnitude 7.2 star.  Although I could not see the occultation from my location in Northern Virginia, USA, I could see Uranus come very close to the star.  This occurs in frame three of the animation.  The image with the horizontal lines was made by slewing the LX 200 while the MX-5C CCD was exposing.  This caused both Uranus and the star to trail.  The image was taken during the 10 minute period when the moon would have passed directly in front of the star.   Had I been able to see the occultation, the star would have dimmed several magnitudes as the moon passed in front of it.  This would have lasted from 30-50 seconds.  Since I could not see the actual occultation, the brightness of the star trail says constant through out the exposure.  Click here to go back.