Sun with airplane and sunspots AR2600 & 2602

This afternoon the temperature increased and the sun was shining again after some rain the last days. The sky was not perfect due to high clouds but still I was able to make some pictures. One of them showed a combination of sunspots AR2600, AR2602 and an airplane. The picture was taken with my Nikon D60 using TAL200K and slightly modified using CS4.

Moon 53% TAL200K

22° Solar Halo @ Averbode

High clouds increase chances to observer solar halo's. Today a 22° solar halo could be seen @ Averbode. Picture taken with wide field 18mm f/4.5 1/4000s. You can see clearly the red is inside the halo.

Waxing Crescent Moon 39% Celestron (D70 400mm)

In between the clouds the moon was shining for some moments. Picture was taking using Celestron D70 f=400mm. Picture was minor edited using CS4.

Helios Sun Observing Day in Heelal

You can read a summary of Helios Sun Observing Day (July 3rd) in the magazine "Heelal" - Vol.61, nr. 10, October 2016, p341.

Rainbow

Rainbow above Averbode this afternoon. If you watch carefully you will see a double rainbow... but it's very faint.

Weather Summary September

A rather warm month and very dry, with 28 dry days.