Cloudy Starparty

A total of 5 members from "Helios" were present in Langdorp for the annual national starparty. Although the sky was completely covert with clouds we welcomed  3 "die hard" visitors!

Starparty - Sterrenkijkdagen

March 27 & 28 Belgium National Starparty. See also http://www.sterrenkijkdagen.be/
Helios will be in Langdorp - Aarschot on March 28, 2015.

Moon 16% at the evening sky

The moon, illuminated 16%. Picture taken with my travelscope D70/400mm and edited using CS4.
In the center you recognize Mare Crisium or Sea of Crises - 418km wide in which Luna 24 landed on August 18, 1976, and north of this Cleomedes crater - 125km

The moon 45h after the sun eclips

Only 45h after the sun eclips the moon is about 8%. A couple of degrees north, Venus shows up very bright at the evening sky.

Partial Sun Eclips - Enlarged Picture

The sun 9 minutes before max of the partial eclips. The picture is made of 6 frames each taken via my telescope OrionXT12 with barlow x2 and my camera Nikon D60. The opening of the telescope was foreseen with a Baader filter.
Location : Malmedy - Belgium

Partial Sun Eclips Progress

Start of Spring

Exactly 23h45 the spring starts. This is called equinox and happens when the middle of the sun crosses the equator line.