Nightsky

My analog Hasselblad performing under the starry skies of Chile.It's new moon and the observatory is buzzing.

A total lunar eclipse happened today, April 4, 2015, shortly before sunrise. The total phase lasted less than five minutes,

An image of Omega Centauri, the largest - and in my view also the most beautiful - globular cluster in

My first try at a deep sky object, the Eta Carinae Nebula, a large and bright emission nebula located in

Startrails around the Southern celestial pole. The image is a composite of 73 single images.

The constellation Crux with the splendid open star cluster Jewel Box and a hint of the Coalsack. A softener filter

The Southern Cross with the dark nebula Coalsack and the bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri (close to the horizon).Venus

First Quarter Moon on February 27, 2015.  

The old church of Serón at night.   

My first astroimage from the Hacienda los Andes in Chile, my new home for the coming months. The image shows