Since march 2018 I noticed the bright shining planet Venus in the western evening sky. A photo from Christian encouraged me to observe Venus shortly after sun set. I also realised that seeing conditions wereContinue reading
Atmospheric phenomena
Atmospheric phenomena are optical phenomena arising from the optical properties of the Earth’s atmosphere. Christian were able to take photos of three different types of atmospheric phenomena: a sun pillar at sunset, a 22° sunContinue reading
Equipment review: Skywatcher mount AZ EQ6GT, offspring in the Wulkaprodersdorf observatory
Viktor has a new astro toy. The master of star hopping has a Goto-mount, finally! Upgrading his Takahashi EM-200 mount with Goto-capability was too expensive and no option for him. So he contacted Tommy NavratilContinue reading
Deep Sky observing in the Austrian Alps, 25 August 2017
Deep sky observing on a 1700 meters high mountain without being disturbed from direct street lamp stray light and ground fog. A team of 4 amateur astronomers enjoyed views of the summer milky way andContinue reading
Hunting for lightning, summer 2017
Christian could photograph some spectacular lightnis during the numerous thunderstorms the contrary 2017 summer using his Olympus E-M10 Mak II and 7 mm lens f/8 with Live-Composite. Photos of two nights: 14 July 2017 andContinue reading
Sun in white light, 17 August 2017
During my holiday I got a visit from Viktor. We decided to observe the sun and some “daylight” planets. Sunspot area 12671 was prominent. We ended our observation by locating Venus at daylight. continue readingContinue reading
New image: Partial lunar eclipse, 7 August 2017
On August 7th, a partial lunar eclipse took place in Europe. The moon was already in eclipse as it rised in the east at sunset, with the Rosalia mountains in the foreground. The sky wasContinue reading
Observing log of 17 July 2017: NLC observing
Viktor and Jürgen observed noctilucent clouds at the North-Western dawn sky. At the oberservation time, the sun was about 8 degrees below horizon. The noctilucent clouds were shining in a bluish colour. Noctilucent clouds areContinue reading
New observing report with images: Polaris startrails and the windpark
Christian has a new toy, the Olympus E-M10 system camera. In the Zagersdorf wind park area he produced a nice widefield polaris startrail image. And poor Viktor had to perform as guinea pig for testingContinue reading