Starship Asterisk*

:cry: As previously mentioned, the phrase "the Moon is artificially brightened" is misleading. It lets people suppose: - that it has been taken during the eclipse, while it has been taken during a previous full Moon and pasted on the eclipse sequence - that the Moon can be seen or photogra...

The Moon swallows a big prominence during today's eclipse!

Larger images:
http://www.astrophoto.fr/eclipse_sun_20 ... 0_b_fb.jpg
http://www.astrophoto.fr/eclipse_sun_20 ... p_b_fb.jpg

...and the Moon with the Eiffel tower, one moonrise during the Bastille Day fireworks, and one moonset at dawn http://www.astrophoto.fr/bastille_day_fireworks_supermoon_series_sa.jpg http://www.astrophoto.fr/moon_eiffel_20220415_sa.jpg Larger images and time-lapse: http://www.astrophoto.fr/moon_eiff...

I see in FB an album Harvest Full Moon 2022, here is the moonrise under the Triumphal Arch in Paris, April 17
Larger image, together with sunset under the Arch on August 1st: http://www.astrophoto.fr/moon_sun_arc_2022.html

...with the reduced view

The lunar eclipse of May 16 from the HESS observatory in Namibia. Stacking of 4 consecutive images of 8s, taken with a Sigma Art 14mm lens and a fp L body on tripod (no tracking, no assembly of pictures taken earlier or later). The Milky Way is reflected in the main mirror whose parabolic shape acce...

The Moon in Paris: two days before moonrise under the Triumphal arch, monset behind the Eiffel tower, taken 12 km away from the tower.

On the time-lapse, one can see the distortion and change of colors of the Moon at horizon just before sunrise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jyJ5W3AoSs

Paris, April 17 2022: the full Moon rises in line with the Arc de Triomphe and the Avenue des Champs-Elysées

It's a single exposure: no stacking, no assembling, no tampering...as close as possible to the real scene

I am virtually sure that it's the most detailed ISS lunar transit to date 😊 Larger images: http://www.astrophoto.fr/transit_iss_moon_20220118_crop_fb.jpg http://www.astrophoto.fr/transit_iss_moon_20220118_fb.jpg http://www.astrophoto.fr/transit_iss_moon_20220118_configuration_fb.jpg Many modules and...

Here are two lunar transits of the ISS near Copernicus, showing the two possible configurations of lighting: - the first one taken on Oct 25th while the Sun was 4° below the horizon and lightened the ISS - the second one taken on Oct27th while the Sun was 22° below the horizon, leaving the ISS in th...

The ISS? No!! A few days of vacation with the 8" refractor along the Mediterranean Sea, for this 1/2-second solar transit of the new China's Tiangong Space Station featuring all 3 modules with their solar arrays and certainly the robotic arm. The 1080p HD video on YT: https://youtu.be/Bp3jCKvX_...

Good weather and nice solar activity for today's solar transit of the ISS and Crew Dragon 1 hour after docking



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Just back from the (rainy!) eclipse in Chile, I drove to southern France to immortalize the historical conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 22. I tried to reproduce the vision I had of the two planets (including the Great Red Spot of Jupiter) and the four galilean satellites in a dark blue ...

In addition to the previous post, here are two stereo pairs show the rotation in 3D: http://www.astrophoto.fr/mars2020_parallele.mp4 http://www.astrophoto.fr/mars2020_croise.mp4 http://www.astrophoto.fr/mars2020_s105.gif One uses the parallel technique. Two rolls of paper or cardboard, held like bin...

In addition to the Mars image taken with the 1-meter telescope at the Pic-du-Midi posted Nov 2nd, here are two stereoscopic pairs showing Mars in 3D, the first pair for the parallel technique (tip: use two paper or cardboard tubes and hold them like binoculars to keep each eye directed to its corres...

Image of Mars taken with the 1-meter telescope at the Pic-du-Midi observatory (France) on Oct 30th. http://www.astrosurf.com/eternity/JLD/2020-10-30-2307finale_apod.jpg The full image: http://www.astrosurf.com/eternity/JLD/2020-10-30-2307finale_apod.jpg A gif showing the rotation of Mars during 40 m...

September 6, 2020: The Moon occults Mars. In Europe, one must go to the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula to observe the occultation before sunrise. I prepare for the event as if it were a solar eclipse. I take a flight to Lisbon with the C8 in my backpack and I decide to settle near Alcacer do Sal...

Neowise (of course!) at the Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, last Sunday evening: http://www.astrophoto.fr/neowise_montsaintmichel_20200712_sa.jpg A bit later, behind the angel at the top of the abbey: http://www.astrophoto.fr/neowise_montsaintmichel_20200712_angel_eclipse_sa.jpg Larger images: http:/...

Two ISS solar transits of less than one second on June 24th and 25th. Very good seeing on June 24th, allowing to clearly see the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that brought the two astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on May 30th. The video of the transit: https://youtu.be/Bku76sBWwME On 25th, a su...

very nice picture! I have a question about image submission: in today's page I see a link to FB and the "Notable images of the Venus - Mooon conjunction of 2020 June submitted to APOD" https://www.facebook.com/pg/APOD.Sky/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2701463196624549 Are they automatical...

The transit of the ISS one hour before the occultation of Venus by the Moon, June 19th from Parma, Italy http://www.astrophoto.fr/iss_occultation_venus_moon_20200619_sa.jpg Larger image: http://www.astrophoto.fr/iss_occultation_venus_moon_20200619.jpg The video: https://youtu.be/IdRjaVMYZko I was lo...

http://www.astrophoto.fr/venus_20200602_0750_fb.jpg Every 19 months, Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth. And, once out of 5 (that is, every 8 years), Venus looks particularly close to the Sun in the sky (exceptionally, it can even transit the Sun, which happened in 2012 and will happen agai...

In 2016, I photographed the International Space Station (ISS) flying in front of the Sun at the same time as Mercury from the Philadelphia area. For Mercury's November 11 passage, I decided to do something harder, something that was never done. I placed near Machuca (north of San Pedro de Atacama), ...

Sorry I repost the picture (color profile was wrong and I can't change the initial post!)

Double total eclipse of the Sun from the shore of the lake La Cuesta Del Viento ("the slope of the wind") with the Andes in the background near Rodeo, Argentina: beautiful weather and wonderful eclipse!