Category: Astronomy

Moon, Mars, Venus & Sunset

Moon, Mars, Venus & Sunset

The evening sky right after the sunset was quite clear tonight. Hovewer it is still pretty cold outside, I have tried to take some astro photos.

Pleiades M45

Pleiades M45

Yesterday I tried to take a photo of M45 Pleiades. It was pretty freezing outside, almost – 16 degrees C. So I had to be quick, the photo was taken with just single camera,...

Venus with cactuses and the city

Venus with cactuses and the city

Just a few minutes ago I  have taken this photo of planet Venus over the night panorama of the city … but with the cactuses in the foreground, isn’t it interesting?

Great Nebula in Orion

Great Nebula in Orion

Yesterday’s last photo of the night sky. The Great Nebula in Orion. Photo taken without telescope, just only with the single camera on tripod. The light pollution was quite heavy for “deep-sky” astro-photography.

Venus and Mars right after the Sunset

Venus and Mars right after the Sunset

Photo of the planets Venus and Mars just right after the sunset. Photo was taken without tripod, so it is not very sharp. But for “quick” amateur astronomy it is OK, I think.

Venus and Moon on sunset sky

Venus and Moon on sunset sky

The last evening of the 2016 brought us a nice view of Moon accompanied with planet Venus. The background of this magnificient sky theatre was created by various colors of the spectrum left there...