Sunday, December 22, 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Solargraphy results

Solargraph with 72cl can

After 6 months exposure I opened this morning my two pinhole cans.  One 50cl can, the other 72cl. After drying and scanning of the paper, the pictures are inverted and edited using CS4.

Solargraph with 50cl can

Earthshine

Picture of waning crescent Moon (27% illuminated) and earthshine.


Mars with Meteor?

This morning, Mars low above the south eastern horizon. When opening my pictures, one shows a meteor or satellite flare. Not sure what it is but still an impressive picture.


Moon 27% Illuminated

Weather forecast changed overnight resulting in a clear sky this morning. The waning crescent moon was 27% illuminated. Picture taken with NikonD7500 on TLAPO80/480 f/6/ Raw picture converted to DNG and editing using CS4.


Thursday, December 19, 2019

Moon 48%

This morning a waning crescent moon (48%). Central located : Crater Ptolemaeus, 153km in diameter


Wednesday, December 18, 2019

The Pleiades Messier M45

The open star cluster Pleiades Messier M45 last night when seeing was very poor. Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TLAPO80/480 f/6 and setting : ISO1600 and total exposure time of 38min, eacht picture 30s. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker including darks. Final editing using CS4.