Moon 96% Illuminated

Clear sky with bright Moon 96% illuminated.

Double Rainbow and Alexander's Band

Alexander's band lies between thetwo rainbows and is darker then the surrounding area.

Double Rainbow

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Very Bright Double Rainbow above #aarschot and surrounding areas.

Messier M57 Ring Nebula

Picture was taken beginning of August with Nikon D7500 on TALAPO80/480 f/6 (Stacking 13 DNG pictures using DeepSkyStacker and final editing by CS4) . The insert was taken on June 17, 2017 with ASI224MC on TAL200K.
M57 aka The Ring Nebula was one of my first aha looking in my first scope, a reflector 11cm. At that time I never thought I could make such great pictures of it.

Ready for Photokina 2018?

This week the doors open in Cologne (Germany) of the world's leading fair for imaging: photokina.

Don't miss it. 

Halo, Upper Tangent Arc, Sundogs and Circumzenithal arc

Combination of 2 pictures with on top the bright circumzenithal arc and 46° halo
In the middle the upper tangent arc and left/right from the Sun are sundogs.

Last Sunday, Sept 16 UT16h00, different halo's could be observed around #Averbode, #Diest, #Wolfsdonk.
Beside the two sundogs, east and west from the sun, a very bright circumzenithal arc could be seen at the zenith. Between the Sun and the circumzenithal arc is the faint upper tangent arc. Both 22° and 46° halo showed up aswell.

Sundogs, 22° Halo and upper tangent arc

Autumnal Equinox : start of Autumn

At 3h54 local time (UT1h54) the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length;  In the Northern Hemisphere the autumnal equinox marks the beginning of Autumn.