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Optical Reflections of the Eclipse above the great pyramid Inverted Sun Ghost Flare of the Eclipse of 25-Oct with the great pyramid During the solar eclipse , another Eclipsed Sun ghost flare was formed on the edge of the great pyramid due to the reflections of the sun's rays on optical elements of ...

Partial Solar Eclipse above the Great Pyramid of Giza (Eclipse's rider) V2 Despite the very cloudy day and the extreme weather Conditions over Cairo two days ago, we were able to grab the shot at the exact moment of the eclipse with the great pyramid and the camel The entire scene took three months ...

Partial Solar Eclipse above the top of the great pyramid of Giza Cairo, Egypt Oct 25 2022 This photo was taken few minutes after the peak of the partial solar Eclipse in Cairo, the Great pyramid of Giza The duration of the eclipse in Cairo was 2 hours , but the weather conditions were so extreme, it...

Partial Solar Eclipse and the Great pyramid of Giza Cairo, Egypt Oct 25 2022 This photo was taken few minutes after the peak of the partial solar Eclipse in Cairo, the Great pyramid of Giza with the Camel The duration of the clipse in Cairo was 2 hours , but the weather conditions were so extreme, i...

International Observe the Moon Night form Egypt We observed the moon at our special sites from the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx Oct 1st 2022 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52402159855_f0d6b9e54f_c.jpg 3-Pyramid-and-Sphinx-Pano-with-Moon2 by osama Fathi , on Flickr 3-The great pyramid, the Py...

International Observe the Moon Night form Egypt We observed the moon at our special sites from the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx Oct 1st 2022 3-The great pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, the pyramid of Menkuare and the Sphinx https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52402159855_f0d6b9e54f_c.jpg 3-Pyrami...

International Observe the Moon Night form Egypt We observed the moon at our special sites from the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx Oct 1st 2022 1- The Great Sphinx of Giza and the Pyramid of Menkaure with the moon , pano of 85 mm Gears: Nikon Z6 Samyang 85mm Exif: Panorama 6 photos, 1/ 8 sec, Iso 64...

Jupiter is at its Closest approach above the Pyramids of Giza After an amazing night inside the Great Pyramid complex we shot this amazing shot for the closest approach of jupiter to the earth as a closet one in the last 6 decades Date : 25 sep 2022 at 9 pm ( GMT+2) Location: Giza, Egypt The ancient...

Sun at the Equinox above the great pyramid of Giza Sep 23rd 2022 The sides of the great pyramid are oriented to the cardinal directions in a very accurate way, the sun at the equinox rises from the true east point so the observer can easily see the sun rise aligned with the east west line along the ...

Civilizations Icons ISS trails Over the Great pyramid (15 Sep 2022, 18:58 Cairo time ) the great pyramid of Giza is one of the oldest wonders on the earth and it is considered a symbol of ancient civilization, The ISS is one of the symbols of modern civilization and it was built using current knowle...

The Hunter(Orion ) with the celestial rabbit constellation and terrestrial rabbit's rock, White Desert, Egypt Orion, After he hunted the Celestial rabbit as per the Greek Mythology, Now he is looking for the terrestrial rabbit in the white desert Egypt Rabbit's Rock is one of the fabulous naturally ...

Panorama of the Milky way Arch over the Sand dunes of the Egyptian western Desert near El-Fayoum with the beginning of Perseid meteor shower https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52290905977_477a2ffd1e_c.jpg Persied Meteor-shower- over sand dunes 2022 by osama Fathi , on Flickr Date : 3 nights (5-6-7 ...

Perseid Meteor Shower and the Magic Lake with the milky way arch This year the Perseid meteor shower will be with the full moon , so during 3 nights 5, 6 , 7 August 2022 we tried to capture the maximum number of the meteors before the full moon' nights . So we captured around 1200 photos to get this...

ISS transits the Sun near giant solar prominences Sat 2022-08-06, 10:26:46.37 (GMT+2) ISS transits the sun a few times per year at the same location, as per my knowledge this is the first time to capture ISS transits the Sun in Egypt and North Africa. Technical data of ISS as Calculated by https://t...

Our destination is the Rho Ophichi Cloud The milky way' core and rho Ophichi Cloud over  the Sand dunes of the Egyptian western Desert near El-Fayoum https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52251096152_ef2e0cf92b_c.jpg rho-Ophichi-destination-HD by osama Fathi , on Flickr Gears: Nikon z6 Mod, Skywacher ...

The Farthest Sun and The nearest Moon of 2022 Angular sizes Comparison JULY 2O22, Cairo, Egypt On 4th July the earth  was at  its Apogee and it was at the Farthest point from the sun 152.1 Mio.Km and the apparent Diameter / Angular size  of the Sun was 31.5' On 13  July  the Full Buck Moon, the moon...

Cygnus Cloud over the Observatory's Dome of Kattameia (Halpha-RGB ) Date : 1st July 2022 This photo covers the area from North America and Pelican Nebulae to Sadr region nebulae (IC 1318 / gamma Cyg nebula , NGC 6914 , IC 1311 , NGC 6888 / Crescent nebula ) Kottamia Observatory is the largest telesc...

Kottamia Astronomical Observatory and the milky way Arch Date : 1st July 2022 Kottamia Observatory  is the largest telescope in the Middle East and North Africa. The telescope, which is located 80 km from the center of old Cairo, has a main mirror diameter of about 1.88 meters (74 inches) and weighs...

Planets Alignment over Sand dunes the rare alignment of the 5 naked-eye planets and the Moon over the Sand dunes of the Egyptian western Desert near El-Fayoum Time : 25 June 2022 at Dawn (4;00 Am Local time ) Gears : Nikon Z6 Modified Nikkor 14-24 mm Samyang 85 mm Settings : Planets : 2 Photos*3 sec...

Super Strawberry Moon The Moon rising Over Cairo Nileriver, Egypt 14 June (5:30 UTC ) The Moon Illumination is 99.8 % at distance around 357486 Km from the earth near its perigee so it is called Super Moon Gears: Nikon Z6 (Mod), RedCat51 250 mm, Samyang 85 mm Subs: 1/5, 1/2 , 1/3 sec , ISO 1000, f4....

Penumbral Eclipse and Super Flower Moon over the Great Pyramid The total Lunar Eclipse of on 16 May 2022 was not visible in Cairo, Egypt so my Plan was that we will try to shoot the beginning of the partial Lunar Eclipse at the time of Moon setting beside the Great Pyramid of Giza . But due to the b...

Supernova 2022hrs in NGC 4647 Time of Observation: ( 01/05/2022, 21:45 UT) Supernova 2022hrs was discovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki on April 16.619 (14:50h UT) in NGC 4647, it is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo The supernova at discovery date was at around magnitude +15 an...

This photo of the planets' alignment (22 April 2022) over the most ancient limestone building (c. 2670–2650 BC) The Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid, Saqqara, Egypt https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52023076563_16cae43e5d_o.jpg PlANET-ALIGNMENT-SAQQARA-APOD by osama Fathi , on Flickr Settings : N...

Dendera Temple Stellar Alignment Hathor Temple at Denderah (26.14 N, 32.68 E ) The Hathor temple or denderah temple is an amazing temple , it is considered to be a complete temple because it contains a whole ancient Egyptian knowledge until the Era of the building circa 54 BC by Greco-Roman empires,...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51758843023_e3b9b33aea_c.jpg bacsk-final2 (1) by osama Fathi , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51759985212_d9590d42d9_c.jpg Comet Leonard over Djoser Named by osama Fathi , on Flickr Comet Leonard over 5 Centuries ago 18 Dec , Comet Leonard C/2021 A...