Moon Phase and Libration

All details like the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2019, at hourly intervals can be seen via NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio through this link. 

When entering the date and hour, just download the picture is this what you get :

 

What's happening with the camera industry

Not so good news from the camera industry. Decrease continious and mirrorless market is not picking up (yet).

Comet Iwamoto in constellation Leo

This morning a clear sky and perfect to make  wide field picture of Comet C/20118 Y1 Iwamoto. The comet is not visible with the naked eye and even difficult to find in the picture.

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

The next days, take a look at the sky and search for Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto. The comet can be seen (using a binocular) near and in the constellation Leo, the Lion. The brightness  or magnitude depends on the the source and varias between 10.75 (The Sky live), 8.5 (Heavens Above) and 6.7 (Bright Comets).  Closest approach is between Feb12 -13.

Credit Heavens-Above

Stars during the Total Lunar Eclipse of Jan 21

Picture taken of the sky around the full moon, during totality of the Total Lunar Eclipse of Jan 21, 2019. Picture taken using Nikon D7500 on TLAPO80/480 f/6 setting ISO200 for 8s. Raw converting to DNG and editing with CS4.

Halo

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At this moment a 22* Halo around the Sun i mn Aarschot.

Weather Summary January 2019

January had 13 days with temperatures falling below 0°C during daytime and the lowest temperature so far of -10,4°C. Rainfall was avg with almost 70l/m2 and avg temperature was 3°C less then last year 2018 but comparable with the years 2014-2017.