Alas, we had to cancel our plans for Spain, so a deep partial was what we got from the total solar eclipse of 12 Aug 2026 (Greenland, Iceland, Spain).
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Lunar Eclipse Video
Took a while to get this short time-lapse of the total lunar eclipse on 07 Sep 2025 online. Photographed at Frankenwerft, Cologne, Germany near central station.
Hat ein Weilchen gedauert, dieses kurze Zeitraffer-Video der totalen Mondfinsternis vom 7. September 2025 online zu stellen. Fotografiert auf der Rheinuferpromenade, Frankenwerft, Köln in der Nähe des Hauptbahnhofs.
Lunar Eclipse 2025
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
Partial Solar Eclipse 2025-03-29
Scattered clouds, but good views of the partial solar eclipse in-between at home in Cologne, Germany.
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Televue 2x
Camera: ASI2600MC Duo
Filter: Baader ASTF 100
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: SharpCap, 25 of 250 frames, 7 ms exposure at gain 0
Image processing: PixInsight, Lightroom
Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – Inverted Corona
Different processing of the corona exposure series, using PixInsight’s FFTRegistration script to align the images, which worked rather well.
Continue readingTotal Solar Eclipse 2024 – Corona Composite
Another image from the total solar eclipse of 08 Apr 2024, a highly processed HDR composite of the corona, using 13 x 2 exposures from 1/1000 to 4 s.
There was a bit of a focus problem which I noticed only when reviewing the telephoto frames. Thus, my TSE 2024 shots aren’t as sharp as they could be.
Location:
Pocahontas, Missouri, USA
Longitude 37° 29′ 56.412″ N, latitude 89° 38′ 34.074″ W, altitude 183 m (Xavier’s Google Maps tool)
Longitude 37° 29.9295′, latitude -89° 38.5659′, altitude 189 m (GPS reading Eclipse Orchestrator Pro)
Timezone CDT = UT – 5h
Again many, many thanks to the great local communicty, in particular Doris and Jim.
Circumstances (Eclipse Orchestrator Pro):
Duration 4m 08s
C1 – 17:42:01 UT – 12:42:01 CDT
C2 – 18:58:22 UT – 13:58:22 CDT – 13:58:22 camera time
C3 – 19:02:30 UT – 14:02:30 CDT – 14:02:29 camera time
C4 – 20:17:29 UT – 15:17:29 CDT – 15:17:29 camera time
Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – 3 of 3
Allsky view of the total solar eclipse.
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Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – 1 of 3
First batch of images from the Total Solar Eclipse of 08 April 2024. Many, many thanks to the nice community at Pocohontas, Missouri, USA for having us.
Continue readingPartly Cloudy Partial Eclipse
The partial solar eclipse of 25 Oct 2022 over Cologne-Dellbrück, Germany. Partly cloudy skies provided a natural ND filter for these images. Alas, a complete cloud cover obscured maximum eclipse at 12:07 CEST with a magnitude of 0.33.
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