Sunday, September 23, 2018

Autumnal Equinox : start of Autumn

At 3h54 local time (UT1h54) the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length;  In the Northern Hemisphere the autumnal equinox marks the beginning of Autumn.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Lezing Ruimteweer



Binnen enkele minuten start de lezing over de gevaren van Ruimteweer. Deze gaat door in de volksterrenwacht Mira te Grimbergen. De lezing wordt verzorgd door Prof Stefaan Poedts van KU Leuven.

NGC Open and Globular Star Clusters


Astropictures of a couple of NGC Open and Globular Star Cluster.

NGC 6633 : Open Star Cluster - Italy Cluster
NGC 6517 : Globular Star Cluster
NGC 6709 : Open Star Cluster - Flying Unicorn
NGC 6760 : Globular Star Cluster
NGC 6535: Globular Star Cluster

All pictures taken with Nikon D7500 on refractor TLAPO80/480 f/6. Pictures in DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker with final editing in CS4.






Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Plane with Pleiades M45

Funny, plane crossing Pleiades M45.


21P Giacobini-Zinner

Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner this morning UT02h13. Setting ISO1600, 30s, single shot.


Pleiades Messier M45

Restacking my 77 pictures using DeepSkyStacker to remove the planes :)




Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner


The Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner, this morning UT02h15 as seen in the constellation Gemini. It's current distance is about 60 million km from Earth.