Saturday, February 7, 2015

Winter Constellations Orion & Taurus

Last night winter constellations Orion & Taurus observed. Weather conditions -4°C with low humidity and 1031hPa.
Orion Nebula could be well observed using OrionXT12 with OIII filter.


Details modified using CS4


Limited midification using CS4



Saturday, January 24, 2015

Snow @ Averbode


Waking up this morning with 5cm snow resulting in a beautifull view of the garden.



Friday, January 16, 2015

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 in Taurus



Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 is currently in constellation Taurus near star 5 Tauri (mag 4.1).
The comet is difficult to see with the naked eye and with a small telescoop it's seen as a blue colored blur.





Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 at evening sky

Full moon today but was able to observe Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2.  Magnitude around 5.5 to 6.0
Color is bleu to green but could not observe the tail of the comet.






Sunday, January 4, 2015

Sunspot 2253

Sunny day with temperature up to 6°C. Ideal day to observe the sun and some sunspots. 


Thursday, January 1, 2015

Happy New Year 2015

I wish you all a happy New Year 2015 with a lot of beautifull astronomical happenings.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

With some luck the sky will be open and you can observe Comet C/2014 Q2 with the naked eye.