Only minutes before I started my first video, apparently an asteroid slammed into Jupiter, as far as I can see, no trace of damage can be seen on my pictures.
Category Archives: planets
Jupiter 2017-05-22
Today the Great Red Spot was prominently visible:
Jupiter 2017-05-09
Software used: Autostakkert 3.0, Registax, Fitswork. This version is a bit softer, shows much less artifacts but still more detail I think.
I also updated the animation with reprocessed frames Read More
Moon and Jupiter, again
Yesterday evening I was able to use the stable seeing shortly after sunset for some images of the moon:
Venus at 4%
Today Venus was a very delicate crescent, with only about 4% of it’s visible disc illuminated by the sun. I used the 127mm f/8 refractor with a 1.4x teleconverter and took a number of images using the Nikon D750. 20% of 46 individual images were used to create this image using the software Autostakkert:
127mm f/8 Astro-Physics, Nikon D750, TC-E14II
Mercury Transit 2016
Today the tiny disc of mercury crossed in front of the sun. The weather didn’t cooperate fully, and I had to switch mounts as the Meade randomly stopped tracking in RA, and the WiFi router for the roof didn’t work as expected and tested… but I was still able to get some decent images… Read More
Jupiter and Galaxies
At the beginning of the evening, a short session imaging Jupiter, then I switched over to some galaxies.
This is a short animation made from multiple AVI sequences:
2003 Mercury Transit
On Monday, 9th of May will be another transit of Mercury across the sun, here are some pictures from May 7th 2003:
Gif animation of mercury entering the suns disc.
Early morning May 7th some amateur astronomers in Vorarlberg packed their gear to observe the Mercury transit from the Bödele above Dornbirn. We had some beautiful weather, and while there were few visitors, TV and Radio came and kept us busy with interviews.
Planetary Gathering 2015
Venus, Jupiter and Mars are lined up below the constellation Leo
In October 2015 four planets line up in the morning sky for a very beautiful display. Mercury is hidden below the horizon in this picture. 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