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04.04.2025: The Moon was 373.700 km from Earth on Friday, 04.04.2025 13:23 UTC and appeared at an angle of 31°58′ when a Wizz Air Airbus 321-231 (flight WMT716) flew past it at an altitude of 34.000 ft (10.360m) and a distance of about 15 km from the camera. The aircraft with the registration HA-LXC was … Read more
Comet C/2022 E3 is the greenish diffuse streak to the right of (a), taken on 10.02.2023 at 20:01 UTC in the constellation Taurus. It was of rather modest appearance.(b) = Mars. Next to (c) is COSPAR 2010-043D = NORAD 37155, a Russian Briz-KM rocket upper stage that was launched from Plesetsk on 08.09.2010 and deployed … Read more
Starlink is a constellation of 7,078 (as of 01.03.2025) satellites in low earth orbit that provide internet services worldwide, especially in remote areas. The first satellites were launched in 2019 and the constellation continues to grow to this day. It is not clear how many operational units the owner (Starlink Services LLC) intends to put … Read more
A geomagnetic storm of level G5 on NOAA’s G-scale, triggered by a coronal mass ejection, caused northern lights to be visible as far south as southern Florida and the Mediterranean region on 11.05.2024. The storm hit Germany under favourable conditions: There was no disturbing moonlight and the weather was excellent. From the north of Wiesbaden, … Read more
C/2023 A3 passed through its perihelion on 27.09.2024, after which its absolute brightness steadily decreased. It reached its smallest distance to Earth on 12.10.2024 and I was able to see it effortlessly as a bright object on the western horizon for the first time on the evening of 13.10.2024. However, I didn’t have a camera … Read more
To the human eye, the moon appears – apart from a more or less yellowish to reddish coloration caused by the Earth’s atmosphere – colorless or monochromatic. The surface of the moon is characterized by the lighter terrae (crater-saturated highlands) and the darker maria (“seas” – lava-filled large impact basins).The image below shows the moon … Read more