Starship Asterisk*

The Total Solar Eclipse, in Halpha https://www.flickr.com/photos/santerne/ Copyright: A. Santerne (Aix-Marseille University / LAM) / ESO https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48194538467_e1ab353aca_c.jpg 2019, July 2rd, from ESO La Silla Observatory. Montage of the TSE observed in Halpha to highlight...

Hello, Here are 2 videos that might be considered for an APOD. Total Solar Eclipse from ESO La Silla Observatory credits: A. Santerne / ESO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grUhpSRKc-o Also available here ESO live stream of the Total Solar Eclipse from La Silla Observatory credits: ESO / Apical Techn...

The Moon, Mars and Mercury, one day after eclipse
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Copyright: A. Santerne / ESO

2019, July 3rd, from ESO La Silla Observatory

Hi, I would like to bring to you this other picture I made from the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, last night. This picture is a 10-hour star trail composition. Olbers' paradox revisited If the Universe was static and infinite, there should be an infinite number of stars. As a consequence any li...

Hi, I would like to bring to your attention the picture below I made a few nights ago from the La Silla Observatory (ESO) in Chile. Chile is the home of many astronomical observatories because its sky is among the best one on Earth. The picture below is a panoramic composition of the whole sky revea...

Green/Blue/Violet ? flash from Pic du Midi Observatory copyright: Alexandre Santerne https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4462/36530461914_af09a7a095_b.jpg This picture was taken out of a series of high-cadence shots at sunrise. This (lucky) particular one revealed a flash with some green, blue and even v...

Hello and thank you for your nice comments,

The individual frames were taken the night between the 24th and 25th of January but the star trail was made the 26th January.

Here is the time lapse of this star trail : http://www.flickr.com/photos/santerne/6 ... otostream/

cheers

Alex

Southern and Northern skies Copyright: Alexandre Santerne My Flickr Gallery [attachment=0]alex.jpg[/attachment] http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6762995775_ecc62fdab8_b.jpg This picture was took last night from La Silla Observatory (ESO) in the direction to the North. I used the Sweden Radio tele...