Sun in H-Alpha

Some high clouds but still...

Clouds and Full Moon

Almost full moon and  clouds try to cover the Moon.

Moon 98%

Almost full Moon with the Moon 98% illuminated.

Sundog

Bright Sundogs and partial halo just before sunset.

Moondog or Paraselene

My first ever Moondog was observed yesterday evening. The sky was almost open and with the naked eye I could observe some color at 22° east from the Moon. My pictures proved I was right and thus confirmed my first ever Moondog. Scientifical speaking is's called a Paraselene and it is the same phenomenon as with sundogs.

Globular Cluster M70 is located in constellation sagittarius and about 30000 light years from Earth. The age of the cluster is estibated to be 12,8 billion years.

Details : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5 80/480 f/6 and total exposure of 150s; each picture ISO800 and 30s exposore. Raw files converted to DNG files and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

Nightscape in Ko Pha-ngang

Picture was taken on the Island Ko Pha-ngang in Thailand. Constellation Scorpius is clearly visible as well as Jupiter and Saturn.  The fact that Jupiter looks so bright is due to moisure in the air and Jupiter really bright.