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
New star trail image: Polaris startrails and the wayside shrine
Christian took a 15 minutes exposure of Polaris startrails with a Christian wayside shrine at the outskirsts of Wulkaprodersdorf.
Crescent moon, Saturn, Venus at dawn
The young crescent moon, Venus, Saturn and Sabik, η Oph formed a perfect square.
Two PNs, NGC 6905 and 7026, 29 September 2016
A month after our last planetary observing session we tried it once more. Once again the conditions were ugly.
Mars and Saturn, 23 June 2016
A month after our last planetary observing session we tried it once more. Once again the conditions were ugly.
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, 25 May 2016
Together with Robert Schulz we were able to take images of three planets in one night – Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Unfortunately the conditions were extremely bad.
Mercury transit, 9 May 2016
On 9 May 2016 Mercury transited the Sun for the first time since 2006. The transit or passage of an inner planet across the face of the Sun is a relatively rare occurrence. The nextContinue reading