Partial eclipse of a Blue Moon

Wide angle view at 21:30, exposure 8 sec, f/5.6, focal length=21.4 mm



Partial lunar eclipse at 20:06 MEZ, 14 minutes into the umbra
Taken through Soligor lens 500mm f/5, eyepiece 17 mm and Lumix DMC-FX 150
Clouds obstructed the view from 20:10 to 21:20


Combination of 4 raw images with exposure times between 1/10s and 1/400s
using Fdrtools, high contrast at left, high saturation at right

Moon shadow south of Japan on July 22, 2009

Satellite view of the Shadow of the Moon at Total Solar Eclipse
by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Jul. 23, 2009
http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/en/imgdata/topics/2009/tp090723.html
"On Wednesday, July 22 2009, a total solar eclipse was occurred. JAXA observed the eclipse by NASA satellite, Terra. Round black area on the sea south of Japan in Figure 1 was a shadow of the Moon. The observation time was 02:05 (GMT)."


By adjusting contrast and gamma the outline of the umbra becomes readily visible.

Compare to the view 5 minutes later:
http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2009-07-28
MODIS Image of the day: July 28, 2009 - Solar Eclipse over Southeast Asia

Celebrating 100 Years of "Kosmos Himmelsjahr"

Gallery
Jubiläumsveranstaltung des Kosmos-Verlags am 02.12.2009 im Planetarium Stuttgart
100 Jahre Himmelsjahr, 100 Jahre Astronomie

IYA 2009 closing event in Stuttgart

Gallery

IYA 2009 closing event on Nov 27, 2009
organized by Kepler-Gesellschaft Weil der Stadt, Universities Stuttgart and Tuebingen

AME 2009

Gallery








AME 2009, astronomy fair on Sept. 26, 2009 in Schwenningen

Moonshot

Airplane passing in font of the moon, 2009 Aug. 30, 20:32 MESZ
Soligor lens f=500mm f/5 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 camera

PLE 2009 Aug 06 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Aug 05, 22:58 UT (left,before eclipse) and Aug 06, 00:07 UT (right, 32 min before maximum).
Digicam LUMIX DMC-FX150 and SOLIGOR lens 500mm f/5, eyepiece 17mm
Raw-files processed with SilkypixDS, followed by Paintshop Pro.



converted to black and white




Difference, setting 80 percent of the images during and before eclipse
Inverted (left, negative) and regular (right) rendering.
Starrynight simulation at far right.