My picture of Mars with M35 published in the latest edition of Heelal

My picture of Mars and open starcluster M35 is published in the latest edition of Heelal magazine (Jaargang 66, nummer 6, juni 2021, p22).

Venus and Mercury low above horizon

Yesterday, but also the next couple of days, Mercury will get closer and closer towards Venus (relativ). Below picture was taken yesterday evening with Mercury very faint north above Venus.

Upcoming MAI-75 SSTV event on June 9 and 10

On June 9 and June 10, Moscow Aviation Institute MAI-75 will be operating SSTV for a few ISS passes that overfly Moscow.

For more information see this link and my first experience MAI-75 early december 2020

New release v3.1.1 of Topaz DeNoise AI

I installed the latest version 3.1.1 of Topaz DeNoise AI. This update is available since this week and should be better and faster. To evaluate the update I used one of my astropictures from Comet Neowise... and let you decide yourself.

Satellites observing our Sun

A graphic overview of satellites observing our sun with the objective the understand how our sun works and the interaction with Earth.

Picture on Facebook

My picture from thursday evening of the Moon with planet Mercury was posted on facebook Sterrenkunde Forum VVS. The picture can be seen using this link on facebook.

Currently more then 100 people did like my picture.. my previous record was 75 likes with my picture of Saturn last year. It's always nice to see that others like my pictures :)

Moon Mercury and Venus after sunset

Yesterday evening, after sunset, both the Moon (3.5% illuminated), Mercury and Venus could be observed. At the moment of the picture, Venus was only 5° above the horizon.