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Great American Eclipse

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Total Solar Eclipse 21 Aug 2017 – Totality Composite v2

 

Ein erstes Album mit Bildern von der totalen Sonnenfinsternis am 21. August 2017 in Oregon, USA, ist jetzt fertig. Zu finden auf Facebook, Google Fotos, OneDrive oder hinter dem “continue reading”-Link …

A first album with photos of the total solar eclipse on 21 Aug 2017 aka the “Great American Eclipse” in Oregon, USA, is now ready. To be found at Facebook, Google Photos, OneDrive or behind the “continue reading” link …

Lokation / location:

The Cove Palisades State Park near Culver, Oregon, USA

44°34’48.2″ N
121°15’42.0″ W
783 m

C1 9:06:34 PDT / 16:06:34 UT
C2 10:19:22 PDT / 17:19:22 UT
C3 10:21:19 PDT / 17:21:19 UT
C4 11:40:52 PDT / 18:40:52 UT

Totality duration 1m 57s.

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Partial Solar Eclipse 01 Sep 2016 Namibia

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Partial Solar Eclipse 01 Sep 2016 Namibia from Martin Junius on Vimeo.

Time-lapse video of the partial solar eclipse on Hakos, Namibia (annular in Central Africa, Madagascar, La Réunion).

Zeitraffer der partiellen Sonnenfinsternis auf Hakos, Namibia (ringförmig in Zentralafrika, Madagaskar, La Réunion).

Namibia Widefield 2016

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Orion (LR,DSS,PS v2)Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (DSS v2)Sagittarius and the Center of the Milky Way (LR, PS)Scorpius with Mars and Saturn (LR, PS)

All widefield images taken in Namibia this summer, the two milky way shots even made it as Image Of The Day on Astrobin!

All Übersichtsaufnahmen vom Sommer diesen Jahres in Namibia, die beiden Milchstraßenbilder haben es dabei sogar zum Bild des Tages auf Astrobin geschafft!

IAS Observatory, Hakos, Namibia
Canon 5D Mark II(a)
Canon EF 50/1.8 STM
Fornax-50 mount

Scorpius with Visiting Wanderers

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Scorpius with Mars and Saturn (LR, PS)

Scorpius with Mars and Saturn (LR, PS)

Almost a different constellation in the most colorful region of the milky way, when Scorpius received some visitor on 02 September 2016, Mars and Saturn. Photograph taken in Namibia.

IAS Observatory, Hakos, Namibia, 21.8 mag/”2
5D Mark II(a), 50/1.8 STM @ f/5.6
Fornax-50 mount, unguided
13x300s ISO 800, no flats/darks/bias
Image processing Lightroom, Photoshop, 90% crop

TSE 2016 Complete Photography

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Jakarta Old Town – Jalan Tol Pelabuhan #1
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Total Solar Eclipse 09 March 2016 – Indonesia – Belitong – Pantai Burung Mandi – Departing Umbra #1
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Singapore – Singapore River – Boat Quay #1

Took some time, but now the three albums with all photography from the trip to Indonesia and Singapore for the total solar eclipse of March 2016 are complete.

Hat etwas gedauert, aber jetzt sind die drei Fotoalben mit allen Fotos von der Reise zur totalen Sonnenfinsternis im März 2016 nach Indonesien und Singapur komplett.

Indonesia – Total Solar Eclipse 2016 – Singapore

Transit of Mercury

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Transit of Mercury 09 May 2016 from Martin Junius on Vimeo.

Somewhat cloudy, especially towards the end, but most of the transit of Mercury was clearly visible from Brück, Cologne, Germany.

Einige Wolken, besonders zum Ende hin, aber der Großteil der Merkurtransits konnte in Brück, Köln beobachtet werden.

The time-lapse video is available on / das Zeitraffervideo gibt’s auf: Facebook, Vimeo, Youtube.

Equipment:

  • Canon 5D Mark II, Televue Powermate 2x, William Optics FT 81 FD f/5.9 478mm, Baader filter, Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
  • Canon 5D Mark III, EF 8-15 f/4 L Fisheye @ 14mm
  • GoPro Hero4 Silver
  • 2x ISR Twin1 timer

Location: near Friedhof Brück, Cologne, Germany
50°55’45” N 7°4’43” E

Blurb PDF Upload

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Namibia 2015 - IAS Edition

Namibia 2015 – IAS Edition

FINALLY! ;-) It seems that I’ve solved my problems with Scribus PDF/X-3 photobooks failing the preflight check when uploading them to Blurb. The photobook above used to be rejected during excessive tests a couple weeks ago.

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Himmelshintergrund mit der Kamera messen

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Screenshot Lightroom

Screenshot Lightroom

Manchmal lässt sich das “engineer by trade” nicht ganz leugnen und etwas Analytik ist gerade in der Astrofotografie nicht verkehrt.

Fragestellung: wie kann man anhand eines Fotos des Nachthimmels die Hintergrundhelligkeit ermitteln? Analog zu den Messwerten des Sky Quality Meters?

Samir Kharusi hat unter “Measuring Skyfog from Camera JPEG” die Methodik beschrieben, ich hab mir die Mühe gemacht, das mit Raw-Dateien, Lightroom und Excel zu operationalisieren.

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