Moon Waxing Gibbous 81%

Almost full Moon. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K.

Orion Nebula Messier M42

A clear sky and almost full Moon. So not perfect for deep sky objects, but still I was able to shoot the Orion Nebula Messier M42. The bright nebula was taken using Nikon 7500 on TAL200K. Editing of Jpeg with CS4.

How huge are prominences

This afternoon the Sun was covered with huge prominences. But how huge? I made some calculations and draw Earth next to the large prominence.

Gigantic Filament on the Sun

This afternoon I could observe some huge filaments or prominences. Observations done with SolarMax3 70/400 DS BF15 and pictures taken with Nikon D7500. Limited editing using CS4.

Halo around Moon

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High clouds and thus a nice halo around the Moon

Moon Phase and Libration

All details like the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2019, at hourly intervals can be seen via NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio through this link. 

When entering the date and hour, just download the picture is this what you get :

 

What's happening with the camera industry

Not so good news from the camera industry. Decrease continious and mirrorless market is not picking up (yet).