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13 June 2021
NGC 6729 & Co. From southern skies
I have finally managed to find some time to post some new content on...
12 January 2021
The Great Conjuction of Jupiter and Saturn
In December 2020 a vibrant astronomical event took place: the “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter...
13 August 2020
Comet NEOWISE’s Great Show
The biggest surprises always turn up when you least expect them. We Northern Hemisphere...
5 April 2020
Elongation of Venus in 2020
It’s been a while since I last posted some content on my website. This,...
1 December 2019
IC 59 and IC 63 In Cassiopeia
Over the last few years, a wave of CMOS detectors has hit the market...
14 June 2017
NGC 4216 And Friends
I haven’t posted any updates to my website in a while. Over the last...
13 January 2017
The Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN) near M81 and M82
The Integrated Flux Nebula(e) is a complex of galactic dust nebulae that are illuminated...
14 December 2016
December’s Cloudy Moonrise
Shooting wide-field is for sure not my specialty, but the view I was treated...
17 August 2016
2016’s Perseid Meteor Shower
The Perseid meteor shower in 2016 was expected to peak in the wee hours...
27 March 2016
Deep down the Great Orion Nebula
It doesn’t happen so often to amateur astronomers to get their hands on a...
25 February 2016
M106 & Friends
Winter is coming to an end, so it’s galaxy season again! Constellation Canes Venatici...
15 February 2016
Comet Catalina’s “flyby”
Comet C/2013 US10 was discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey,...
15 December 2015
Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)
This past weekend (December 12-13) I headed out with some friends to a dark...
6 October 2015
The Total “Supermoon” Eclipse of September 28, 2015
It’s been almost four years since a Lunar eclipse was visible in Western Europe...
26 September 2015
Overhead ISS Transit
On September 24th, 2015, it was a crystal clear night over Northern Italy. The...
8 September 2015
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy
Here’s an old and evergreen deep-sky classic… M31, aka the Great Andromeda Galaxy, taken...
2 July 2015
Close Encounters in the Summer Sky
In late June 2015, Jupiter and Venus (together with the Moon) put on a...
2 March 2015
Jupiter in February 2015
The best observing conditions for Jupiter in 2015 were expected to take place in...
20 January 2015
Comet Lovejoy Again
Heres another image of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: Ive got more of them on...
6 January 2015
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Approaching
Discovered in August 2014 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy (at its fifth comet...
26 December 2014
First-light H-Alpha Images with my Modified PST
Imaging the Sun in a very narrow band centered on the h-alpha emission line...
15 October 2014
Gems of Cassiopeia
As everybody knows, the fall Milky Way offers several among the most beautiful objects...
15 September 2014
The 2014 Opposition of Mars
The 2014 opposition of Mars was due to take place in mid-April, with the...
20 April 2014
Hunt for Northern Lights: Norway 2014
Shooting auroras was one of the (few 😀 ) things still missing from my...
14 March 2014
Supernova in M82 (SN2014J)
On January 21st, 2014, reports began circulating that a new supernova had just been...
19 January 2014
The Comet Lovejoy Saga
During the last bit of 2013, comet ISON was not the only comet visible...
1 January 2014
Looking back at comet ISON
Discovered in September 2012 by two Russian Astronomers (Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok) with...