The September 28th total lunar eclipse was very impressive, as it turned out to be a very dark one, and for once, it happened in a perfectly clear sky.
Category Archives: astrophotography
VAA Furka Star Party
After bad weather in August yesterday the sky was good enough for half a night of observing and photography Read More
2015-07-18 – the quiet Sun
Today I tried to capture a transit of the ISS across the disc of the sun, but somehow I missed it, even though I started my series of exposures according to a GPS clock. So the only result I can show is the face of the quiet sun, with only small sunspots littered across. Read More
Backpacking Astrophotography
Yesterday afternoon I decided to do some simple astrophotography high up in the mountains. I chose the Cavalljoch as the view to the south is unobstructed. My backpack was way too heavy, but somehow I managed to trek from Schattenlagant to the Cavalljoch. The night was the darkest night I ever experienced. M13 was clearly visible with indirect vision with the unaided eye. Read More
Venus and Jupiter conjunction
Currently Venus and Jupiter are pairing up for a brilliant conjunction in the evening sky, here are some images:
Astro-Professional 560mm f/7 ED, Nikon D7000, ISO 800, 0,4s, crop from image below
Spring Globulars
M13 and M3 are two very fine globular clusters visible in the spring sky:
3x120s. 127mm f/8 refractor, Nikon D7000
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy
After a long spell of clouds of rain, on sunday evening I took advantage of a few clear hours to get some more data on M51. This image is a combination of raw images from April 20th and May 10th. The total exposure time is now at 64 minutes.
32x120s, Nikon D7000, ISO1600, 127mm f/8 refractor
Active Region 2339
Today the sunspot called AR2339 featured prominently on the sun’s disk:
the images are single exposures using a Canon EOS 60Da, and a 127mm f/8 apochromatic refractor, using Baader Solar Film ND3.8 ISO100, 1/8000s
First light with the Canon EOS 60Da
The VAA, my astronomy club acquired a Canon EOS 60Da for astrphotography together with a Samyang/Rokinon/Walimex 85mm f/1.4 lens, here are some first results. Accidentially I forgot to use the RAW setting, therefore all images were acquired as JPEG… Read More
Moon Venus Conjunction – 21-04-2015
The Moon, Venus and Aldebaran were grouped nicely in the evening sky above the Lake of Constance on April 21st 2015: Read More