

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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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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The photobook of the road trip Texas to Missouri series is now readily available at my Blurb bookstore. Even if you don’t want to buy it, paging through the preview gives a good impression of the book.
Die Serie des Roadtrips Texas to Missouri is jetzt als Fotobuch bei Blurb verfügbar. Auch wenn man es nicht kaufen will, lässt sich beim Durchblättern in der Vorschau ein guter Eindruck gewinnen.
BTW: aktuell ist beim Bestellen der USD-Preis auf blurb.com viel günstiger als der EUR-Preis auf blurb.de!
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.

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

Different processing of the corona exposure series, using PixInsight’s FFTRegistration script to align the images, which worked rather well.
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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

Allsky view of the total solar eclipse.
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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.
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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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