Jupiter's moons and Moon
On frosty morning of February, 6th I have been waiting for Moon and Jupiter to climb higher in the sky. Around 6 am Moon has already been quite…
Few nights with Celestron CGX - night I
It is pretty close to summer solstice, so plenty of time for preparing setup for night session. Day is extremely long, and night ends in no time.…
Short course to Jupiter
On May, 16th with my astro amateur friend we spent a few hours on Jupiter observing from my backyard - it was kind of test with different optics. We…
ASI290MM - hot stuff
It's been already over one week since ASI290MM camera arrived to me directly from Shangai. It is a new ASI product, very low noise, 2.13Mpx back…
Zatom planetary
At 12th Star Party in Zatom I made a few first lights of 8" cat from Celestron. Tried to collimate it as good as possible, and here we are:
Last Jupiter
I mean - last before this year Zatom spring star party. I need to pack all my gears and spend few hours travelling, so I cannot afford to forget…
Just for fun
I recently purchased something that has won the astronomy amateurs hearts already a long time ago - 8 inches cat. The plan is to use this versatile…
Planetscapes
Three planets in a row. One night. Haze. Not so warm. Moderate seeing. Low planets altitude. Mars - low above horizon and quite far away so quite…
Birthday Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet of the Solar system - it is over 1300 times heavier than Earth and its surface area is over 120 times larger than our…