Back in November 2024, I witnessed an unusual equatorial view: In the morning sky just before dawn, the planet Jupiter appeared in a seemingly pyramid shape of two sky belts, the Zodiacal Light and the Milky Way. The image from Soneva Jani Island, Maldives (where I was invited as visit astronomer for a short term),…
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Almost every lover of the night sky will recognize the majestic constellation of Orion. However, Orion is also a huge attraction for astrophotographers, because deep scanning across the visible spectrum can reveal the extremely colorful and complex glowing and reflective molecular clouds that are located in this direction of our Galaxy. On November 10, 2024,…
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Another strong geomagnetic storm of this year brought bright auroras over central Europe on 10th through 11th October 2024. Unfortunately, this time the weather was completely against me, I was lucky to capture the bright red just before the main show started, because by that time thick clouds with rain covered the whole sky over…
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Discovered in January 2023, the comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) seems to be promising bright comet of 2024 (and very likely one of the brightest of last decades). I was also lucky to see this one with about 1-kilometer-sized nucleus, which can be considered as not so big, but also not that small among other known…
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What an unexpectedly bright auroras this night, on 7 October 2024. When observing from Oravská Lesná, Slovakia (50 degrees north of Europe), several waves brought even visually spectacular show. The second-best view of this year after Big May Aurora 2024. Used Canon Ra and Sigma 35mm, ISO 1600, 6s exposures with f1.6. Last 2 images…
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This morning, on 18 September 2024, the “Harvest” Moon partially passed through the Earth’s shadow. I decided to observe this small but well-visible partial lunar eclipse close to UNESCO’s Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia. In this romantic scene, the approximately 2,5 long sequence of the Moon is moving in the sky while the eclipse progresses…
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Just an hour ago, on 12 September 2024 (around 19:18 UT), a bright aurora appeared in the sky over Záhradné, near Prešov, Slovakia. It lasted just about ten minutes, but it was truly a lucky one. Especially when the clouds closed the view shortly after this incredible sky surprise. Used Canon Ra, Sigma 35mm, f1.6,…
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