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Tropical Geminids

Tropical Geminids

Yes, I saw the Geminids. But it took truly long time to deliver the image. Reason? Bad signal. So here is it, lovely Geminids I was lucky to observe and capture over Soneva islands, Maldives (where I was invited), when clear skies allowed. Because the bioluminiscence started to be active as well, you can spot…
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What Are the Odds?

What Are the Odds?

Can we even calculate the probability of a truly lucky shot? This is what I often ask myself when looking at this image of mine from April 19, 2025, captured near the SOAR Observatory on Cerro Pachón at sunset. It was in the last seconds of the already dramatic phenomenon, during which a multiple green…
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Christmas Comet 3I/ATLAS - crop

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Discovered in July 2025, the comet 3I/ATLAS became very popular during the year as it was only the third confirmed interstellar object to be observed in our Solar System. I was also lucky to see this one beauty too. Here are my occasional observations. 24th December 2025 It was only early in the morning of…
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Mid-Europe Aurora on 12 November 2025

Mid-Europe Aurora!

This morning, from 2 UTC until dawn, truly bright aurora appeared even over the Czech Republic in the mid-Europe latitudes. The aurora was easily visible to the naked eyes even from suburban regions. I was enjoying it in the south of Bohemia, near Benešov nad Černou – one of the southeastern cities of the country.…
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Foggy Comet Lemmon (detail)

Autumn Comet Lemmon

Discovered in January 2025, the comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) seems to be promising a nice comet of October 2025. I was also lucky to see this one beauty. Its path nearby the Sun (with perihelion of 8th November 2025) and the Earth then (with perigee on 21st October 2025) brought several truly unusual moments in…
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Venusian pearl on the Moon

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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Two Eclipses, One Couple, One Place

Two Eclipses, One Couple, One Place

In 2018, my friends, Vladimira Krskova and Marian Runkas, and I traveled to Rhodes Island in Greece to enjoy the century’s longest eclipse of July 27th. I made a lovely portrait of them gazing at the unique phenomenon. This year, on 7 September 2025, they decided to celebrate that special moment and their love for…
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