Astronomy Archives - Elke Schulz Photography

Last night, I was lucky and was able to photograph three of the five naked-eye planets that can be seen

A beautiful occultation of Antares by the moon was visible in this part of Chile in the early morning of

On February 1, 2025, I aimed for the close conjunction of the crescent moon with the planet Venus. But to

Last night I was lucky and caught comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from the Obstech El Sauce Observatory. In fact, I

The comet C/2023 A3 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in South Africa on February

Tonight I had the distinct pleasure of watching the sunset at the Obstech El Sauce Observatory. While the telescopes were

In the evening hours of February 22 we could observe a lunar occultation of the planet Jupiter. Shortly after sunset,

Tonight, I had the opportunity to catch the heavenly rendezvous of Venus and Saturn with the young waxing crescent moon.

On August 29th Mercury and the thin waxing crescent moon met up for a lovely celestial show. The view from

*Update: My image of the planetary lineup was chosen by NASA as their astronomy picture of the day (APOD) for

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