Yearbook Royal Observatory Of Belgium

The Royal Observatory of Belgium publishes annualy a Yearbook. This is a must have for all amateur astronomers. The yearbook provides all kind of astronomical information mostly specific for Belgium. All recent editions are avaible in PDF format. See this link for the yearbooks.

My NLC picture in magazine Heelal

My pictures of  the NLC outbreak during the night of June 21 is published in the magazine "Heelal - Jaargang 64, number 8, August 2019.

Jupiter Moon Antares Conjuction

After sunset both the Moon, Jupiter and the bright star Antares (alpha scorpii) could be observed low above the southern horizon.

Perseid Meteors

Milky Way with Tumbling Satellite

A clear sky this morning and no moon. So a good beginning for observing Perseid Meteors. During a period of 15 minutes I could observe 3 bright meteors and a couple of satellites of which two tumbling ones. Unfortunately the meteors did not did not showed up on my pictures.

Milky Way

July Weather Summary with temperature record

July 2019 was not the hottest month but July recorded the hottest temperature since the start of the keeping records in Belgium (and by myself :) )
On July 25th, a temperature of 44°C was recorded. Be aware the equipment is located in direct sunlight; so official temperature will be lower as registrated by KMI in Uckle (39.7°C).
I counted 5 raindays with rainfall comparable as previous year.

Halo with Sundogs

During cycling in Bangkok I was able to make above picture of a halo with on both sides very bright sundogs. Picture was taken using iPhone 6.

Very Bright Halo

On July 17, somewhere in the National Park of Kanchanaburi (Thailand), I could make this picture of a very bright Halo. It's one of the most brightest ones I ever could observe.