Roger Penrose "De weg naar de werkelijkheid" arrived

I ordered the book "de weg naar de werkelijkheid" (The road to reality) from Nobel Prize winner Roger Penrose (91years) already two years ago on december 19, 2020. At last, I received my book this week. It's the second edition of the dutch translation, so brand new. 

Mars with good seeing

Imaging Mars on December 12, 2022 with good seeing and temperature of -6;6°C. The polar cap (north) and clouds (4 o'clock) are clearly visibility. 

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5, ASI224MC, Barlowx2, ADC and IR/UV blocker

Software: SharpCap 4, AS3!, DenNoise AI and CS4.

Mars in opposition and Olympus Mons

December 8th, 2022, and Mars is in Opposition with an angular diameter of 17". Clouds this morning during the Lunar Occulation of Mars but this evening 1 hour clear sky. The polar cap is still and good visible on the northpole and  at 10 o'clock (east) is Olympus Mons visible. I think this is first time I captured this volcano. 

Setting:TAL200K f/8.5, ASI224MC, Barlowx2, ADC and IR/UV blocker
Software: SharpCap, AS3!, CS4 and DeNoise AI

Quasars by The Lonely Photon

Do you want to know more about Quasars then this article  (use this link) is a good start. It's written by my friend Adriano, an amateur astrophotographer. based in Luxembourg. 

My book review "De olifant in het universum" published in Magazine Heelal

 

My book review "De olifant in het universum" is published in magazine Heelal (edition 67, number 12, december 2022) page 35.

See also my previous post on this book via this link. 

Selfie with the author Govert Schilling

IFTTT replaces Feedburner: AstroPage Pascal Hilkens

Recently I received questions on why people are not receiving my Blogger posts via email. In the past this proces was done through Feedburner but Google stopt supporting this software. I found an alternative with IFTTT - If This Than That. All subscriptions from feedburner are moved to IFTT and an email is generated from Twieter2020@gmail.com.

Lunar Occultation of Mars with Clouds

A lot of clouds before, during and after the Lunar Occultation of Mars. But still I was able to make some pictures a couple of minutes before the Lunar Occultation.