7 June 2026 The weather over Central Europe was bad, so the closest conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on 9 June 2026 was not possible. I was, however, lucky just 2 days before, on 7 June 2026, when the beautiful pair appeared over the calm Seč Lake, Czech Republic, along with Castor and Pollux stars.…
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On 19 September 2025, a rare Lunar Occultation of bright planet Venus occured in the daytime sky over Ústupky, the Czech Republic. The Venus disappeared behind the crescent Moon at 2:14 pm and reappeared at 3:25 pm. It was truly a big challenge to find both objects in the sky and make nice shots of…
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Twice this year (2025), the beautiful open star cluster Messier 44, also known as “Beehive” or “Praesepe Cluster”, was seemingly visited by a bright planetary passerby as it is close to the ecliptic. For the first time, from the end of April to the first half of May, it was the the red planet Mars.…
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Today, on 20 August 2025, a beautiful conjunction of Venus, Jupiter, the Moon, Castor, and Pollux appeared over Seč Lake around 3:30 CEST in the morning. From my place, it looked like a large butterfly in the sky. Can you see it? 🙂 Used Nikon Z6III, Nikkor 50mm, f1.8, ISO 1000, panorama of five vertical…
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On 12 August 2025, the early morning’s beautiful conjunction of Venus and Jupiter over Seč Lake, Czech Republic, appeared just before the dawn in the bright moonlight. I caught this romantic scene around 3 am CEST while both planets nicely reflected their lights on the water like nothing else so bright in the sky just…
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Today on Nov. 9, 2023, by noon over central Europe, the Moon covered Venus in broad daylight, bringing the opportunity to capture a very unusual view of daytime Venus “last quarter” also with the Moon. Since the weather over Ždiar, Slovakia was luckily not that cloudy, I made it happen to catch the whole sequence…
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The announced celestial evening show I tried not to miss from the Maldivian island Thoddoo. And it was worth it. The “celestial trio” appeared very soon after sunset while people were slowly leaving the main beach and the sky was getting darker. The best show, however, started just minutes before the moonset as the bioluminescent…
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