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Retrograde motion of Mars next to the Golden Gate! Mars2007-08_SVoltmer.jpg Mars2007-08_loop_SVoltmer.jpg Right now Mars is in opposition to the Sun while shining brightest. On Dec 8, 2022 Mars has reached the middle of its loop on its retrograde motion. This chrono-photography from the years 2007/...

Comet Hale-Bopp exactly 25 Years ago!


The small town below the clouds is Sion in the Rhône Valley.

Camera, lens:
Minolta SLR, 50 mm f/1,7
Film: Kodak GPY400

Dr. Sebastian Voltmer, www.voltmer.photo

25 Year Anniversary of comet Hale-Bopp! HaleBopp_April1_1997.jpg HaleBopp50mm_deep_April2_1997.jpg Back then I used fully mechanical analog cameras and developed the films directly in the bathroom of the alpine Hotel. Scanned photographs of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) taken from Gornergrat, Switzer...

Two Spacewalkers Imaged From The Ground ISS_spacewalkers_2022-03-23_CompPhilipSmith_SebastianVoltmer.jpg During the spacewalk of the two astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer the International Space Station appeared shortly after sunset in the bright evening sky over Germany. This image of the ...

ISS seen through my backyard telescope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peozuHGLihg YouTube-Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peozuHGLihg&list=PLe3uiH-3ULIQMOko7JJ99lBtkkQbRSJMg&index=3 Clear skies, Sebastian -- Dr. Sebastian Voltmer www.voltmer.photo YouTube: spacemovie Insta: sebasti...

ISS captured from Earth 3xISS_2022-03-07_Voltmer_3Dpair.jpg Currently I was able to take this images of the International Space Station (ISS) under best viewing conditions (seeing) captured from the hometown of the ESA astronaut Dr. Matthias Maurer. The resolution of the images shows details around...

Phases of Venus captured 2020/21 Venus between sun and Earth - the Inferior conjunction is on January 8-9! Venus2020-2021_Voltmer.jpg Venus2020-2021Voltmer.jpg Instruments: Astro-Physics Traveler, C11 EdgeHD Location: France/Germany Clear skies! Sebastian e-mail: sebastian@voltmer.de www.weltraum.com

Current image of the partial (almost total) lunar eclipse!
New Mexico (itelescope.net), RASA T68
Image: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer / www.astrofilm.com

Video: https://youtu.be/pVky3PzFgFw

Hyperlapse! Noctilucent Clouds observed from France
Copyright: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer. www.astrofilm.com

Comet NEOWISE's first appearance in the evening sky (July 12, 2020).
The SkyScape image was taken one year ago from Spicheren in France.


Nikon D800, 135mm f/2

Credit: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer
www.astrofilm.com

Clear skies,
Sebastian

First appearance of comet NEOWISE ’s faint gas tail on July 7, 2020. The dust tail was bright, but did you also see the blue ion (gas) tail? This SkyScape scenery was taken exactly one year ago over the village church of Spicheren in France. NEOWISE_Church_Voltmer.jpg Related time lapse video: https...

The Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse is coming May 26! This footage: Total Lunar Eclipse & occultation of o Cap A / B Observed with a NexStar 4SE between Grünau and Keetmanshoop, Namibia. The interval of this time lapse was 4 sec. But we recorded this occultation on a 150 meter line from 4 ...

The Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse is coming May 26! If you’re in Australia, parts of the western US, western South America, or in South-East Asia, you will see the Lunar Eclipse. Eclipse2015_trails_Voltmer.jpg Eclipse2015_chrono_Voltmer.jpg Chronophotos of the Total Lunar Eclipse - September...

Currently Venus begins an evening apparition that is difficult to observe. Here is a compilation, starting with the evening apparition of Venus from last year until now (almost full illuminated). About this image compilation: Phases of Venus captured during daytime. April 23, 2021: almost full (99.1...

The poles of Mars. Marspoles_Voltmer.jpg The north pole is covered with ice clouds and lies in shadow. The south polar cap is very far defrosted. These pictures are polar-coordinate-projections of my Mars map from the very similar opposition in 2005. All used images were taken in France with a C11 ...

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with ion tail (!) captured on July 7, 2020 over the French village church of Spicheren. 2020-07-07_Neowise_stack63_SVoltmer.jpg RGB 2020-07-07_Neowise_stack63_red_SVoltmer.jpg Red channel Stack of 63 frames taken with a Nikon D800 (ISO 320) and a 135 mm lens. Credit: Dr. Se...

Time Lapse of the rising Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKuT2AWkfxk The comet is a naked eye object! Captured with a Nikon D800 (ISO 320) and a 135mm lens. Credit: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer Contact: Insta: @sebastianvoltmer / e-mail: sebastian@voltmer.de Cheers, Sebastian

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2020-07-07_Neowise_SVoltmer.jpg Captured this morning just above the church of the village Spicheren. The comet is a naked eye object! I saw it easily. Single shot exposure (3 sec) captured with a Nikon D800 (ISO 320) and a 135mm lens. Credit: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer / www.as...

July 6, 2020: Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
between Noctilucent Clouds over Spicheren, France
Image credit: Dr. Sebastian Voltmer / www.astrofilm.com
Insta: www.instagram.com/sebastianvoltmer

Clear skies,
Sebastian

Crescent Venus and the Ring! Venus_2020-06-02_irregularities_Voltmer.jpg You see these irregularities in the Venusian atmosphere ring arc? I had the idea of using a Herschel Prism from Baader Planetarium and a RG-610 filter. It worked perfectly for the images of the inferior conjunction. I also use...

Mercury and Venus during daytime. Both planets where captured with a C11 EdgeHD, a Baader FFC and an IR-pass filter. Mercury was inserted into the frame of Venus in the correct size ratio as it appears in relation to Venus. Mercury_Venus_20200521_Voltmer.jpg OTA: C11 EdgeHD Amplification: Baader FFC...

Fly over: SpaceX Starlink 6-stack appeared close to Venus over the horizon seen from my location in France on April 23, 2020. For this shot I used my Nikon D800 and a fisheye lens. Did you see this impressive appearance of the new Starlinks 6? Fascinating but very bad for astronomers and our natural...

Total Solar Eclipse and the red giant Betelgeuse July 2, 2019 over the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile. New processing of 78 HDR exposures. Nikon D800 (ISO 160), 24mm 1:4 Eclipse2019_deepHDR_Voltmer_betelgeuse.jpg Mouse over files... Eclipse2019_deepHDR_Voltmer_captions.jpg Eclipse2019_deepHDR_Vo...

Deep Larson-Sekanina HDR of the Total Solar Eclipse (C3), July 2, 2019
La Silla Observatory, Chile
TS 86 SDQ APO + Canon 5Dll

Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer / www.weltraum.com
sebastian@voltmer.de

Best
Sebastian


On flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/2gE8P3h

Total Solar Eclipse over the ESO La Silla Observatory

Diamond Ring effect (C2) and the shadow of the moon.
Nikon D800, 24mm f/4, 1/8 sec (ISO160)

Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer / www.weltraum.com

Best,
Sebastian