What is Occultation?
[[Image:Occultation.jpg|thumb|In this [[July]] [[1997]] still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent [[moon]] in this predawn occultation.]] An '''occultation''' is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. A [[planet]], for example, can pass in front of a [[star]]. Some occultations are [[eclipse]]s. The word is often used in [[astronomy]]. It can also be used in a non-astronomical sense to describe when an object in the foreground ''occults'' (covers up) objects in the background. {{Sci-stub}} [[Category:Astronomical phenomena]]