Monthly Archives: September 2025

Lunar Eclipse 2025

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Total Lunar Eclipse 07 Sep 2025, Cologne 3

After a looong time, a total lunar eclipse was visible from Cologne, Germany. The last time I photographed a lunar eclipse was back in 2019!

Nach laaanger Zeit war endlich wieder eine totale Mondfinsternis in Köln sichtbar. Das letzte Mal habe ich eine Mondfinstern 2019 fotografiert.

Local circumstances (local time = CEST):

20:01 Moonrise
20:11 Max eclipse
20:35 First sighting in Cologne, above a layer of light cirrus clouds
20:52 End of total eclipse
21:56 End of partial eclipse
22:55 End of penumbral eclipse

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A New Silver Dollar

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NGC 253 – Sculptor Galaxy – LHaRGB v1

Has been quite a while since I last imaged this large, beautiful spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor, NGC 253 known as the Silver Dollar Galaxy, Silber Coin Galaxy, or just Sculptor Galaxy.

A lot of H-alpha data has been used, thus the rendition is different from the DSLR attempts back in 2016.

More Details at Astrobin.

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