Halo around full moon

On sept 16, 2016 clouds prevented the penumbral eclipse of the moon. In stead we could observe halo's around the moon as clouds were sometimes very faint.

Sun Pillar above Averbode

This evening just before sunset, a very bringht sun pillar could be observed for some time. This atmospheric phenomenon is caused by the reflection of sun light by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

Start of autumn

Today at 16h21, local time, official start of autumn. Also known as the September equinox and the moment the sun rises exactly at the east and sets directly in the west. From today onwards the sun moves across the south untill solstice, december 21.

350 Astronomical blogs and usefull links

Amazing, already 350 astronomical blogs posted. Have a look and visit my astronomical links using the page of my blog

Beautiful Sunset at Motovun Croatia

Moon ASI224MC & TAL200K

Earlier this week I was able take some pictures of the moon using the ASI224MC camera on the TAL200K.

Results were stacked using Autostakkert! and editing using CS4.

Famous craters shown : Kepler and Mercator. I put also the landing area from Surveyor 1 - the first US moonlander.

Super-Harvest Blood Moon

Sept 16, 2016 It was be possible to observe a super-harvest blood moon. Unfortunately clouds showed up without any chance to make observations.
We talk about a harvest moon when full moon happens near autumnal equinox. Beside this the moon is "very" close to the earth so we can see a "bigger" moon or super moon. And also it was a penumbral lunar eclips seeing the moon darker then normal .... that's what we missed due to the clouds.

Moon 82% - Sept 13, 2016 TAL200K & DSLR

Using my DSLR Nikon D60 on TAL200K. Picture edited using CS4. In focus, No crop.