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Last updated 6 August, 2009

Occultation of 45 Cap by Jupiter 3/4 August 2009

Venus 4 July 2009

Jupiter 2 July 2009

Jupiter 30 June 2009

Ganymede eclipses Io 24 June 2009

Jupiter23 June 2009

Occultation of Europa by Ganymede 23 June 2009

Animation of the occultation of Europa by Ganymede 23June 2009 (small version

Mare Orientale 17 June 2009

Mars 17 June 2009

Venus 17 June 2009

JUpiter 17 June 2009

Venus 13 June 2009

Jupiter 13 June 2009, first image apparition

Saturn and Rhea transit 28 May 2009

Saturn and Rhea transit 28 May 2009

Saturn and Rhea transit 19 May 2009

Saturn and Titan 19 March 2009

Venus 11 March 2009

Saturn and Titan 19 March 2009

Fabricius 2 March 2009

Theophilus 2 March 2009

Piccolomini 2 March 2009

Messier 2 March 2009 2009

Ceres 2 March 2009

Venus 2 March 2009

Saturn 2 March 2009

Venus 18 February 2009

Ceres Ø (0.83") 14 February 2009

Venus 13 February 2009

Schickard

Pythagoras

Mons Rümker

Phocylides

Venus 7 February 2009

Venus 10 January 2009

Saturn 3 January 2009

Saturn 3 January 2009

Saturn 30 December 2008

Saturn 29 December 2008

Venus 22 December 2008

Saturn 13 December 2008

Saturn 7 December 2008 Transit Dione

Saturn 6 December 2008

Saturn and Dione 9 October 2008

Uranus 26 September 2008

Uranus 25 September 2008

Uranus 18 September 2008

Jupiter 18 September 2008

Venus 11 September 2008, two processing procedures.
Top: Batchwise reduction of background with PS followed by processing with Registax
Bottom: Bulk processing with Registax

Jupiter 10 September 2008

Jupiter 3 September 2008

Mercury 30 August 2008

Jupiter 29 August 2008

Jupiter 23 August 2008

Mercury 15 August 2008

Mercury 12 August 2008

Jupiter and Io 1 August 2008 with methane filter (880nm)

Partial Solar Eclipse 1 August 2008 from Houten, The Netherlands. Note the mountains at the lunar rim.

Partial Solar Eclipse 1 August 2008 from Houten, The Netherlands

Jupiter and Io 23 July 2008 in stereo. Produced with 3D FotoStudio and to be viewed with a red-green spectacles

Jupiter and Io 23 July 2008

Jupiter and Io 23 July 2008 23.04-23.36 UT

Jupiter 14 July 2008

Venus 14 July 2008

Venus 12 July 2008

Jupiter and Io July 1, 2008

Jupiter and shadow of Io July 1 2008

Jupiter and shadow of Io July 1 2008

Jupiter and shadow of Io 23 June 2008

Jupiter 19 June 2008

Jupiter 19 June 2008

Saturn 6 April 2008

Mars 6 April 2008

Saturn 31 March 2008

Saturn and Tethys transition 22 Februari 2008

Saturn 15 February 2008

Saturn 22 January 2008

Mars 17 December 2007

Mars 17 December 2007

Mars 14 December 2007

Saturn 14 December 2007

Mars 12 December 2007

Saturn, 15 November 2007

Mars, 15 November 2007

Mars, 8 November 2007

17/P Holmes, 8 November 2007

Mars, 6 November 2007

Saturn, 6 November 2007

Comet 17/P Holmes, 3 November 2007

Comet 17P/Holmes, 30 October 2007

Venus 23 October 2007

Mars 23 October 2007

Mars 23 October 2007

Uranus 13 October 2007

Venus 11 October 2007

Venus 11 October 2007

Mars 11 October 2007

Mars 8 October 2007

Mars 6 October 2007

Mars 5 October 2007

Mars 27 September 2007

Mars 27 September 2007

Mars 25 September 2007

Mars 19 September 2007

Mars 15 September 2007

Mars 13 September 2007 with Olympus Mons (dark dot)

Mars 6 September 2007

Venus 25 August 2007.

Mars 24 August 2007.

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Venus 22 August 2007.

Uranus. Occultation of Umbriel by Ariel 11 August 2007.

Mars 13 August 2007.

Mars 11 August 2007.

Venus 11 August 2007.

Mercury 4 August 2007.

Venus 4 August 2007.

Mars 4 August 2007.

Mars 1 August 2007.

Jupiter 31 July 2007.

Venus 31 July 2007.

Mars 31 July 2007. Cimmerium with a lot of dust in the atmosphere. Seeing poor

Jupiter and Io, 30 July 2007

Collimation test of C11 with the double double (Epsilon Lyrae) C11 at f/20) and Jupiter plus Europa and Ganymede (C11)

Mars 30 July 2007. Cimmerium with a lot of dust in the atmosphere. Seeing very poor

Jupiter with Great Red Spot 22 July 2007

Jupiter with STrD1 and Red Spot Junior 18 July 2007

Mars 16 July 2007

Jupiter 13 July 2007 only 15º above the horizon

Venus 13 July 2007

Jupiter 9 July 2007 only 15º above the horizon

Venus 3 July 2007

Jupiter 20 June 2007

Venus 19 June 2007

Saturn 24 May 2007

Venus 24 May 2007

Venus 24 May 2007

Click here for low resolution live occultation of Saturn on 22 May 2007 (requires Real Player)

Click here for high resolution live occultation of Saturn on 22 May 2007 (requires Real Player)

Imaging conditions: C11 f/20 with ATK 2HS webcam plus IR filter, 10frames per sec

Venus 22 May 2007

Venus 18 May 2007

Venus 30 April 2007

Venus 21 April 2007

Venus 21 April 2007

Venus 19 April 2007

Venus 18 April 2007

Venus 15 April 2007

Venus 15 April 2007

Venus 11 April 2007

Venus 11 April 2007

Venus 11 April 2007

Saturn 12 March 2007

Saturn 8 March 2007

Saturn 8 March 2007

Saturn 8 March 2007

Lunar eclipse March 3/4 2007

Lunar eclipse March 3/4 2007

Saturnus 20 December 2006

Uranus 20 September 2006

Uranus 12 September 2006

Uranus 12 September 2006

Uranus 23 August 2006

Uranus 23 August 2006

Uranus 23 August 2006

Best Venus 24 July 2006

Venus 24 July 2006

Venus animation July 2006. North is up. It is based on the images of 12, 15 and 17 July 2006 (see below) and constructed with the program WinJUPOS. The cloud pattern has a rotation period of 3.99 days.

For larger and better animations, download the following files (click right-hand button and save files):

1. Big-size animation (shaded)

2. Big-size animation (non-shaded)

Venus map July 2006 based om the images of 12, 15 and 17 July 2006

Venus 12-19 July 2006

Venus 19 July 2006

Venus 17 July 2006

Venus 17 July 2006

Venus 12, 15 and 17 July 2006

Venus 15 July 2006

Venus 12 and 15 July 2006 compilation

Venus 12 July 2006

Jupiter 29 June 2006

Venus 28 June 2006

Jupiter 27 June 2006

Venus 13 June 2006

Venus 12 June 2006

Total Solar Eclipse 29 March 2006
Composite of 12 different frames processed with Fitswork
http://people.freenet.de/JDierks/softw.htm

Total Solar Eclipse 29 March 2006
Composite of 12 different frames processed with Fitswork
http://people.freenet.de/JDierks/softw.htm

Total Solar Eclipse Egypt
29 March 2006

Saturn 3 January 2006.

Mars 2 January 2006.

Saturn 29 December 2005.

Saturn 29 December 2005.

Saturn 31 October 2005.

Mars 21 October 2005.

Mars 21 October 2005.

Mars 15 October 2005. There is a dust storm (see arrows) indicated in the left images. At the right an image of 7 September 2005 is shown with the same region indicated by an arrow. This storm developed into a major dust storm over Solis Lacus, which was invisible from Europe at that time."

Mars 15 October 2005."

Mars 15 October 2005.

Annular Solar Eclipse 3 October 2005. Seen from 60 km North of Alicante (Spain)"
Images made with a C5 with a Thousand Oaks filter and a 100 ISO Fuji slidefilm

Annular Solar Eclipse 3 October 2005. Seen from 60 km North of Alicante (Spain)"
Images made with a C5 with a Thousand Oaks filter and a 100 ISO Fuji slidefilm

Mars 6 October 2005. Diameter 18.6"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 6 October 2005. Diameter 18.6"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam compared with an image of Ed Grafton

Mars 23 September 2005. Diameter 16.8"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 23 September 2005. Diameter 16.8"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 22 September 2005. Diameter 16.8"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 22 September 2005. Diameter 16.8"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 18 September 2005.
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro webcam

Mars 13 September 2005. Diameter 15.5"
Images made with the Philips Toucam Pro and the ATK-2HS cameras

Mars 13 September 2005. Diameter 15.5"

Mars 7 September 2005. Diameter 14.8"

Mars 7 September 2005. Diameter 14.8"

Mars 7 September 2005. Diameter 14.8"

Mars 7 September 2005. Diameter 14.8"

Mars 6 September 2005. Diameter 13.9"

Mars 30 August 2005. Diameter 13.9"

Mars 29 August 2005. Diameter 13.8"

Mars 24 August 2005. Diameter 13.3"

Mars 17 August 2005. Diameter 12.6"

Mars 17 August 2005. Diameter 12.6"

Mars 13 August 2005. Diameter 12.3"

Mars 13 August 2005. Diameter 12"

Mars 6 August 2005.

Mars 6 August 2005. Diameter 11.4".

Mars 3 and 4 August 2005. Diameter 11.3".

Mars 3 August 2005. Diameter 11.3".

Mars 17 July 2005. Diameter 10.3". Best image until now in 2005 apparition.

Mars 17 July 2005. Diameter 10.3"

M57 on 12 July 2005

Mars 9 July 2005

Mars 8 July 2005

First Mars picture of 2005

Jupiter with shadow of Ganymede on 22 June 2005

Jupiter with shadow of Ganymede on 22 June 2005

Jupiter on 19 June 2005

Maan on 14 June 2005 with Casio EX-Z750

Jupiter on 13 June 2005. Very poor seeing

Jupiter on 9 June 2005

Jupiter on 9 June 2005

Jupiter on 8 June 2005

Jupiter on 31 May 2005

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C5 with f/6.3 focal reducer and ATK 2HS camera (4 sec exposure and 30 images stacked))

M57
C5 with f/6.3 focal reducer and ATK 2HS camera (4 sec exposure and 30 images stacked))

Jupiter on 23 May 2005

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow and Toucam Pro. Seeing 4/10.

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow and Toucam Pro. Seeing 4/10. Details are visible of about 0.3".

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter plus 2x Barlow,Toucam Pro. Seeing 6/10. Details are visible of about 0.3".

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter plus 2x Barlow,Toucam Pro. Seeing 6/10. Details are visible of about 0.3". hr>

Jupiter and Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter.

Ganymede on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter plus 3x Barlow, Toucam Pro. Seeing 4/10

Ganymede on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter plus 3x Barlow, Toucam Pro. Seeing 6/10

Io on 11 April 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter plus 3x Barlow, Toucam Pro. Seeing 4/10

Jupiter and Io on 3 April 2005
C11 SCT with 2x Barlow, ATK-2HS and a Baader IR pass filter. Seeing 2-4/10

Jupiter on 15 March 2005
C11 SCT with 2x Barlow, anti-dispersion prism and a Baader IR pass filter. Seeing 3/10

The brightness of Iapetus (10.2) during Western elongation as established using different reference stars and moons
21 April, 2005, 20h26m UT made with a C5 plus focal reducer f/6.3 and an Atik 2HS camera.
To identify the satellites and stars move the cursor over the picture.

The brightness of Iapetus (11.8) during Eastern elongation as established using different reference stars
14 March, 2005, 22h25m UT made with a C5 plus focal reducer f/6.3 and an Atik 2HS camera.
To identify the satellites and stars move the cursor over the picture.

Comparison of the shadow of Saturn on the rings on February 6 and February 27, 2005

The central part of the Orion Nebula on 27 February 2005
The image is a made with a C11 and an ATK-2HS camera (top 1/25 sec and bottom 6 sec). Note the components E and F (11th magnitude in the Trapezium (top).

Saturnus on 27 February 2005 20h 09 m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow. The image is a composite of an ATK-2HS b/w picture and a Toucam Pro colour picture. Seeing 5/10

Jupiter on 16 February 2005
C11 SCT with 2x Barlow and a Touvam Pro (l) or ATK-2HS camera (r).

Bullialdus on 24 February 2005
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow and an ATK-2HS camera seeing 3/10.

Saturn on 6 February 2005 22h 26m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 6/10. LRGB picture

Saturn on 6 February 2005 22h 26m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 6/10. LRGB picture

Saturn on 6 February 2005 22h 26m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 6/10. LRGB picture

Saturnus and 8 satellites
January 15, 2005. 21h23m UT, mosaic made with a C11 plus modfied Toucam Pro webcam.
To identify the satellites move the cursor over and outside the picture.

Saturnus and 8 satellites
January 15, 2005. mosaic made with a C11 plus modfied Toucam Pro webcam.
To identify the satellites move the cursor over and outside the picture.

Saturn on 13 January 2005 22h 08m UT
C11 SCT with 2x Barlow seeing 4/10. This was a few hours before the descent of the Huygens probe on Titan and the moment of opposition

Saturn on 13 January 2005 23h 03m UT and 23h 15m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 4/10. This was a few hours before the descent of the Huygens probe on Titan and the moment of opposition

Saturn on 13 January 2005 23h 03m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 4/10. This was a few hours before the descent of the Huygens probe on Titan and the moment of opposition

Saturn on 25 November 2004 1h 56m UT
C11 SCT with 3x Barlow seeing 5/10.

Saturn and 8 satellites on 13 January 2005 21h 55m UT
C11 SCT and modified Philips Toucam Pro seeing 4/10. This was a few hours before the descent of the Huygens probe on Titan
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