As close as 353636km
Distance to the Moon varies between 356 and 406 thousands of kilometers (measured to Earth center). Last night I pictured our natural satellite one…
QHY163M a few more pictures
Weather is far from being perfect, so I am not really able to shot any pretty pictures with new camera. Plus I had a little miscollimated refractor…
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…
Moonwalk May 14-15
First Moon lights of ASI290MM camera with SCT8" - getting used to the new gear and preparing for mosaic. Filters Baader R610nm and Baader IR pass…
Moonwalk - lunation 6.5
Almost two years ago there was similar moonwalk with lunation 7.1. Now a little bit earlier, similar objects, but different setup - 8 inches SCT with…
Wobbling Moon
One may think the Moon is faced towards us always the same side. Well, yes and no :) Actually the Moon oscillates a little during its orbital motion,…
Moonwalk - lunation 12.1
In the center of the picture below there is Gassendi crater (111km). The crater has been inundated by lava during the formation of nearby Mare…
Moonwalk - lunation 7.1
Moon is almost in the middle on his way to be a Full Moon, so many interesting features come up from the shadow near the terminator line. Between…
Coin throw contest part I - galaxies
One may wonder how large are the objects presented in the blog. Actually they are huge - hard to imagine their actual size, but many people are also…
Project Moon
Yeah, the last time I created the Moon mosaic it was so fun that I decided to make an actual project on making day-by-day Moon picture for every day…