Categories
Astro-photography Astronomy

Moon Venus Conjunction – June 2020

The Moon and Venus were extremely close on 19 June, 2020 and I was lucky to capture some images.

Categories
Astro-photography Photography

The night sky over Bontebok National Park

Some Astro photography pics

Orion with Beetleguese shining brightly. You can also see the light pollution from Swellendam.
My 8 inch (200 mm) Newtonian reflector in the middle of the picture
Milkyway over a chalet
Categories
Astronomy Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse 2019

Early in 2019 Cape Town was blessed with a Lunar Eclipse. The only problem was that it happened around sunrise so we never saw totality. But I did get some nice shots. Even a couple of artistic shots.

Starting at 5:30 in the morning, I got there at 4:30 expecting to be crowded out. I could easily have scored and extra hour in bed. There was only one other photographer.

Some artistic shots.

Last rounds

Sunrise starts to intrude

Day light and the working day starts