Phantom Sun

On my way home and in the Charleroi region I was lucky to observe a phantom sun. This time the phantom sun very bright and heavely colored.

Storm 6.3 Beaufort

Are we sure it's spring. With this storm you would guess it's rather fall!
At home wind high gust up to 48km/h (13,33m/s) and thus 6.3 Beaufort!

Milestone 5000

I want to thank all 5000 people who visited my blog so far. http:\\www.orionxt12.blogspot.be

Cloudy Starparty

A total of 5 members from "Helios" were present in Langdorp for the annual national starparty. Although the sky was completely covert with clouds we welcomed  3 "die hard" visitors!

Starparty - Sterrenkijkdagen

March 27 & 28 Belgium National Starparty. See also http://www.sterrenkijkdagen.be/
Helios will be in Langdorp - Aarschot on March 28, 2015.

Moon 16% at the evening sky

The moon, illuminated 16%. Picture taken with my travelscope D70/400mm and edited using CS4.
In the center you recognize Mare Crisium or Sea of Crises - 418km wide in which Luna 24 landed on August 18, 1976, and north of this Cleomedes crater - 125km

The moon 45h after the sun eclips

Only 45h after the sun eclips the moon is about 8%. A couple of degrees north, Venus shows up very bright at the evening sky.