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Weather Summary for 2016

This is the overview and the Weather Summary for the entire year 2016.

Weather Summary December 2016

December 2016 was a very dry but rather cold month.

Happy New Year 2017

A Happy New Year 2017 with a lot of Astronomical Highlights.

Orion Nebula M42 - Pictures Stacked using DeepSkyStacker

Using DeepSkyStacker to stack pictures from last night of M42 Orion Nebula. Editing was done with CS4.

M42 Orion Nebula

Temperatures as low as -6°C, clear sky but still average seeing. Visual observations of M1, M42, M45, M78, M79, M81, M82. Around 22h00 meteor at 15° above the horizon and in the south East moving in the direction of the south. Photographs made of M1, M42 and IC434.

Misty Weather

Even the fact I can see some stars, the sky is covered with mist. The street lights reflect the light due to the small droplets so badly that it is not possible to make any observations.