1 Year to go: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024

 One year from now, on April 8, 2024, the next total solar eclipse in northern America will be visible. 

See also this link to Total Solar Eclipse 

Full "Pink" Moon

 

Image of the April full moon on April 5; April full moon is also called the "Pink" moon. 

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5, ASI2600MC, Guidingscope 50x229/ with ASI224MC
Software: ASIair Plus, CS4

Venus-Mercury

Twilight of April 3, 2023 (UT19h11) with Venus and Mercury.

Setting: Nikon D7500, 32mm

Venus and Uranus

 

Venus and Uranus on March 30, 2023. Some high clouds and I did some experiments getting spikes.

Setting: Nikon D7500, 200mm f/5.6, ISO3200, exposure time 1s.

Software: Photoshop CS4

Double Rainbow

 

A double rainbow above the Demer River in Langdorp (Aarschot)

Mars with Open star cluster M35

 

This week Mars is near open star cluster M35. On April 25, 2021 I could observe and image this same situation - see this link.

Setting : Nikon D7500, f/5.6, 200mm, ISO10.000 exposure 2s. Editing using CS4, single shot.

Venus and Jupiter

 

Venus and Jupiter (low above the horizon) after sunset on March 27th.