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Lunar Eclipse 2025

astrofotografie, astronomie, astronomy, astrophotography, cologne, deutz, eclipse, finsternis, innenstadt, inner city, köln, lunar, lunar eclipse, lvr tower, mond, mondfinsternis, moon, solar system, sonnensystem, stadtbezirk 1 - innenstadt
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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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon

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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon 2024-08-19 20:03 UT

Last night’s full moon at 20:03 UT, almost a super moon, i.e. a full moon at perigee, which will be on 2024-08-21 5:05 UT at a distance of 360193 km. Two days earlier, the Moon here is at declination -14.7°, a distance of 364578 km, aged 13.8 d with the canoncial full moon at 18:28 UT. Combined RGB exposures with heavily boosted colors.

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Moon 2020-03-28 3.9d 16%

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Moon 2020-03-28 3.9d 16.3%

Moon shot at the end of a perfect clear skies week …

Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Tele Vue Powermate 2x, Astronomik L2, ASI 294MC Pro
Mount AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: SharpCap
10% of 1000 frames, 35 ms, gain 120, 0C
Data calibration/integration: AutoStakkert
Image processing: PixInsight, Lightroom