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Partial lunar eclipse Copyright: Petr Horálek Mosaic of April partial lunar eclipse - first and last shot is approximatelly 75 minutes from mid-eclipse (penubral phase), central mosaic is made from shots captured every 2 minutes. Central image is from the maximum of eclipse (20:07 UT). The orange c...

The beauty in darkness (PF 2013) Copyright: Petr Horálek (Úpice observatory - http://www.obsupice.cz/new/_ohvezdarne.php?akce=enohvezdarne ) Timelapse of 2012 sky phenomena: Moon haloes, Venus transit 2012, NLCs 15th June, airglow, Perseids, storms and total solar eclipse on 13th November. Location...

The south pole Copyright: Petr Horálek, Obseravtory Úpice ( http://www.obsupice.cz/new/_ohvezdarne.php?akce=enohvezdarne ) This composition of south pole I made during my trip to Australia. The pole was around 16 degrees above horizon, but the sky was relatively dark (Mareeba city was around 120 km...

Gegenschein in Taurus Copyright: Petr Horálek, Úpice observatory ( http://www.obsupice.cz/new/_ohvezdarne.php?akce=enohvezdarne ) Stack of 44x15 s, dark frames applied (Canon 550D, Samyang 24 mm/1.4, f2.8, 1600 ISO). http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/gallery/apod/2012_11_09_Gegenshen_upr_ram_900px.jpg...

In the Moon's shadow Copyright: Petr Horálek Like many others me and my Slovak friend decided to go out of cloudy forests around Cairns to see this spectacular solar eclipse. We stopped around 40 kilometres north-west from Mount Carbine at 3 o'clock and waited for sunrise. More than 100 cars went a...

Orion and airglow Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/en ) The Orion and other winter constellations with faint airglow from La Silla, Chile before daybreak on 15th October 2012. Image bit saturated to yellow/green because of the ...

A caterpillar with leaving Venus Copyright: Petr Horálek The composition of leaving Venus during last Venus transit in caterpillar shape is made from 37 individual images captured between 4:37 - 4:49 UT (equally every 19 second). Used Canon 550D, MTO 1000/10, Baader astrosolar filter. Observed from...

Venus and rising Sun Copyright: Petr Horálek During last Venus transit the Sun was rising here in Czech republic. So people enjoyed kind of different show. Not only the transit itself, but also atmospheric phenomena of the sunrise. At first - green flash and refraction effect on our star. And - of ...

How would the Betelgeuze supernova look like? Copyright: Petr Horálek, NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO The hot candidate fot the further supernova in the sky is massive star Betelgeuze in Orion shoulder. The star is around 15 times heavier than our Sun and it should end its life with intensive colla...

Three galaxies and zodiacal light Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/en ) Milky way, Magellanic clouds and zodiacal light from La Silla, Chile. There is also visible planet Mars and its stellar opposite Antares (from greek Anti-A...

Milky way and zodiacal light from Chile Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/ ) Milky way and zodiacal light from La Silla, Chile. The bright stars almost in the middle of the image is planet Mars and its stellar opposite Antares (...

Almost equinox anticrepuscular rays Copyright: Petr Horálek These amazing anticrepuscular rays occured on this morning - 26th September, just 4 days after autumn equinox. So the focus of the rays is almost exactly on the west. Image was taken from Ondřejov, Czech republic (roof of main building of ...

Perseid fireball and dancing trail Copyright: Petr Horálek I tried to make some timelapse of the Perseid's night and Milky way above Šumava (nearby Pancíř). When I saw this fireball, I was very sad, because I didn't know, if the wide-angle camera (Canon 550D, Samyang 8 mm, F5.6, ISO 1600, 30 s) cou...

Perseid's fireball trail
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So many directions Trails of stars from 49°N (Czech republic) from dusk to moonlight. During the dusk came across the sky coloured cirrus clouds, after that the sky cought dark blue color of non-astronomical July night. During the time flew a few planes, one Iridium satellite and two meteors. The s...

Electric blue season NLCs on 15th June 2012 from Ondrejov, Czech republic. After making these images the NLCs moved above my head and over southern horizon. It was first time ever I saw so bright and intensive NLCs from this country (+50 deg. latitude). Used Canon 550D, Tamron 17-50 mm (f2.8). Best...

Venus transit and green flashing http://www.astro.cz/_data/images/news/2012/06/07/green_flashing_en_2000px.jpg When I was waiting for the last Venus transit for next century, I didn't expect I am witnessed by another special and anusual phenomenon - green flash. The specific conditions brought seve...

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Larger version: http://www.astro.cz/_data/images/news/2011/12/24/zm_fin_3_small_cam.png Processing: 12x6s RAWs (sky), 1s (eclipse), Camera: Canon 550D; lenses: Tamron 18-200 mm, Canon 70-300 mm. Observed on Koh Larn island (Pattaya, Thailand), where I travelled for this last total lunar eclipse for ...