Goal - moon and airplane

Airplane passing in front of the moon, 2010 Jun 24, 22:03 MESZ
18 minutes after the 1:0 Germany vs. Ghana
Soligor lens f=500mm f/5 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 camera


Compare to the event on Aug. 30, 2009

Simulation of the Lunar Umbra on July 11 2010

updated Jun 02, 2010

3D-Visualization of the Total Solar Eclipse on July 11, 2010 in Patagonia at sunset using a Google Sketchup model for the lunar umbra in Google Earth. The umbra is modeled as a glass tube, colored gray on the sunward side from the shadow center and blue in the opposite direction.

Onset of totality at the Mirador Cuesta de Miguez on Ruta 40 near El Calafate.
Ground views are 20 seconds apart.
More images, maps

Video animation - youtube

Astronomy Day

Astronomy Day in Germany, April 24 2010
Astronomietag 2010 Gallery from Stuttgart

Mercury and Venus Conjunction

Venus and Mercury, Lumix DMC-FX150
2010 April 05, 20h:48m MESZ at left, 21h:03 at right

ISS Pass

ISS passing over Stuttgart. Computed scene from heavens-above.com at right.
Castor, Pollux, Mars at top right. Regulus between the tree branches.

LUMIX DMC FX150, f=6mm, ISO 200, 30 sec exposure

Raw image processed with Silkypix Developer Studio DS3

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