Moon and Mercury after Sunset

On May 27 the Moon and Mercury low above the North Western horizon. The sky was clear with good seeing. 

Faculae but no Sunspot

Observation of the Sun today. Some observers mentioned a small sunspot but I could not observe this. At the limb some minor faculae which I could see both with solarfilm and H-Alpha. 

Halo

Almost 360' Halo around the Sun.

Bright Prominences on the Quit Sun

On May 30, 2020 some observations of the Sun, which is still "quit". Near the surface different prominences of which one big one.

Crew Dragon DM-2 Launched

Today May 30, Crew Dragon DM-2 on top of a Falcon  9 rocket was launched on time from Space Kennedy Center.

Lunar X and Lunar V during daylight

Lunar X and Lunar V are both optical features on the Moon. Both the letter "X" and "V" can be observed for a few hours before first quarter and near the terminator. It can be seen due to the effect of sunlight and shadows of the rim of different mooncraters. 

Today I took some time to find both Lunar X and Lunar V. According the literature the phenomenon could be seen on May 29, 2020 UT13-15h (Lunar X) and UT15-17h (Lunar V).

This is still during daytime and a challenge with all the sunlight around. But is a good learning for the upcoming (June 17) lunar occultation of Venus.

After sunset I took again some pictures of the moon and found out that Lunar V and even Lunar X was visible. 

Launch Aborted

Launch athe borted of Crew Dragon DM2 on the Falcon 9 at T-20 due to weather conditions.