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Astronomical sky photos

During visits to observatories I have obtained a number of astronomical photos and nighttime photos of telescopes, partly with sky background. These I have now scanned. Low-resolution scans are displayed so as to take up little disk space.

Nebulae, LMC

These were taken - with my film/camera - by, or with substantial help by, Stefan Binnewies and his friends during an observing run at La Silla in 1989. All photos were taken with Agfa 1000 RS colour slide film.

• Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
• Orion constellation (Orion)
• Scorpius region (λ Sco)
• Eta Carinae (η Car)
• Gum nebula (Gum)
• Canis major region (Can maj)
• Centaurus region(ω Cen / Cen A)
• M45/planets constellation (M45)

Stellar track photos

All of these were also taken with an Agfa 1000 RS colour slide film.

• La Silla ESO/Danish 1.54-m stellar track
• La Silla stellar track with domes
• La Silla short stellar track with domes in moonlight

Nighttime telescope photos

These photos were mostly taken with a Fujichrome, later Fuji Sensia, 100 ASA colour slide film. Some of these photos are also used on the pages describing the astronomical observatories shown.

• SEST in moonlight (1)
• SEST in moonlight (2)
• SEST in moonlight (3)
• Calar Alto 1.23-m at sunset
• ESO 3.6-m in moonlight
• ESO/Danish 1.54-m stellar track (see above)
• Pico Veleta at night
• Jodrell Bank Mark II at night
• Effelsberg at night
• ATCA at night
• Parkes at night
• OVRO interferometer at night
• CTIO at night

Solar system - Sun, moon, planets, comets

• Sun with sunspots (New South Wales, Australia)
• Mercury (New South Wales, Australia)
• Venus (New South Wales, Australia)
• The phases of Venus (New South Wales, Australia)
• Moon (mostly taken from New South Wales, Australia)
• Mars (New South Wales, Australia)
• Jupiter (New South Wales, Australia)
• Saturn (New South Wales, Australia)
• Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS (C/2023 A3) (New South Wales, Australia)
• Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) and planet conjunction of December 2021 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) (New South Wales, Australia)

Eclipses/transits/conjunctions

I have now posted some basics about Solar eclipses, based on photos taken by me. The early photos were taken with a Fuji Sensia 100 ASA colour slide film, then a number of observations follow that were made with compact digital cameras with 12x (15x) optical zoom. Since 2009 a digital SLR camera with a 300-mm tele-lens is in use. Since 2021 there is also a 600-mm tele-lens.

• Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) and planet conjunction of December 2021 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Planet conjunction of January/February 2016 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Lunar occultation of Venus of 9 October 2015 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Venus and Jupiter planet conjunction of 1 July 2015 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Total lunar eclipse of 8 October 2014 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Saturn occultation by the Moon of 14 May 2014 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Partial lunar eclipse seen on the rim of the Earth's shadow on 25 April 2013 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Venus/Moon conjunction of 13 September 2012 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Venus transit of 6 June 2012 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Partial lunar eclipse of 4 June 2012 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Total lunar eclipse of 15 June 2011 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Planetary conjunction of May 2011 (Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury; New South Wales, Australia)
• Total lunar eclipse of 28 August 2007 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Mercury transit of 9 November 2006 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Venus transit of 8 June 2004 (Dwingeloo, Netherlands)
• Total lunar eclipse of 4 May 2004 (New South Wales, Australia)
• Total solar eclipse of 11 July 1991 (central Mexico)

Miscellanei

• Edge of Earth's shadow (New South Wales, Australia)
• Mt. Robson at night (British Columbia, Canada)