Bright Prominences on the Quit Sun

On May 30, 2020 some observations of the Sun, which is still "quit". Near the surface different prominences of which one big one.

Crew Dragon DM-2 Launched

Today May 30, Crew Dragon DM-2 on top of a Falcon  9 rocket was launched on time from Space Kennedy Center.

Lunar X and Lunar V during daylight

Lunar X and Lunar V are both optical features on the Moon. Both the letter "X" and "V" can be observed for a few hours before first quarter and near the terminator. It can be seen due to the effect of sunlight and shadows of the rim of different mooncraters. 

Today I took some time to find both Lunar X and Lunar V. According the literature the phenomenon could be seen on May 29, 2020 UT13-15h (Lunar X) and UT15-17h (Lunar V).

This is still during daytime and a challenge with all the sunlight around. But is a good learning for the upcoming (June 17) lunar occultation of Venus.

After sunset I took again some pictures of the moon and found out that Lunar V and even Lunar X was visible. 

Launch Aborted

Launch athe borted of Crew Dragon DM2 on the Falcon 9 at T-20 due to weather conditions.

T-45min Before Launch Crew Dragon

T-45min before launch of the Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon Capsule from the SLC 39A.

Moon

Famous Ghost of Jupiter NGC3242

Earlier on April 21, 2020 I took some pictures of NGC3242, a planetary Nebula, known as the famous Ghost of Jupiter. It's magnitude is 7.3 but it shows up low above the horizon. I could not get the central star as I only could make 2 pictures due to blocking by a tree. The planetary nebula is located in constellation Hydra and about 4800 light years from Earth.

Settting with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5, ISO 6400 and 2x60s exposure time. Stacking and editing with CS4.