Circumzenithal arc

This evening both sundogs and a very bright circumzenithal arc.

Halo around the Sun

Comet Neowise C/2020 F3 Fading

Comet Neowise C/2020 F3 is certainly fading. Magnitude of the comet is beyond 5.0. 

Bijschrift toevoegen

Saturn

Picture of Saturn yesterday evening with bad seeing. No really a sharp picture. Setting ZWO224MC on TAL200K f/8.5 with ADC and Barlowx2. Stacking with AutoStakkert! and final editing using CS4.

Jupiter and yellow filter

Picture of Jupiter yesterday evening. Seeing was bad, so pictures are not sharp. 

Setting : ASI224MC camera on TAL200K f/8.5 together with ADC and Barlowx2. I used this time also a yellow filter to boost up the contrast. Each picture is the result of 60s AVI movie which was stacked using AutoStakkert!. Final editing using CS4.

60.000 Visitors

Awesome... reaching 60.000 visitors of my astroblog. Thank you all :)

I'm boarding Mars 2020 Perseverance

Yes, tomorrow July 30, I will be leaving Earth at 13h local time (UT11h) and will be travelling to Mars. My journey starts at Cape Canaveral in Floride platform SLC41 and I will be landing on Mars, Jezero Crater, Feb 18, 2021. The rocket used is a ULA Atlas V rocket. 

Last March I was visiting Cape Canaveral and SLC41 with Atlas V under construction for launching Mars2020 Perseverance.