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Date: 2010-03-29 01:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] megaptera
The context I'm most familiar with (apart from 'the occult', which comes from the word meaning 'hidden') is the occultation of a star. If the Moon or an asteroid or something blocks the light from a star, the star is said to be occulted. Occulting Orion is very technically correct. :)

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