Lunar X and V

This photo was taken on the night of December 30, 2022 in Hebei Province, China. At this time, the moon is just half lit up watching from the earth, and the sunshine and the shadow share the moon equally. On the dividing line between day and night on the moon, two letters, X and V, can be clearly seen. The illusion is caused by the reflection of sunlight from craters on the moon, and the time to see the shape of X and V is very short, which lasts only a few hours each time.

My equipment: TEC140ED APO with 0.72x AP Reducer lens, Camera:ASI ZWO 6200 MM, Paramount MX mount.

Worm Full Moon above Worm Tree

The third full moon this year is called the worm moon. The origin of this name is because it is spring in the northern hemisphere this month. Everything recovers and insects in the land begin to move. This photo was taken in Beijing, China, last night at March 18 2022. On that day, after a spring snow, poplar trees were covered with snow. Look carefully, those things that look like caterpillars hanging on poplar are actually poplar flowers.

My equipment:Takahashi FS60 CB telescope with 0.72x lens, Camera: Sony A7RMII

ISS Transit the Moon in Daylight

Which celestial bodies could be observed in daylight? Moon, Venus, some others and ISS. I took this image in the morning on 2020 Oct 13 in Yanqing District in Beijing China. According to the predictions, the ISS will go in the front of moon at 09:50 a.m. I come to the observe point near the central line.

My equipment:AP130 GTX with field flattener at 873mm, 4X lens, Camera: Sony A7RMII

ISS Passing the Moon

I took this image at 2020 April 4th 8:08:52 pm at local time in Huairou District in Beijing China. In the images, ISS was transitting the moon. I used a camera to record this view in video. The duration of the transit is about 0.63 second. ISS angular size is 58.62". I composed about 29 ISS images to composed the final ISS image. I stack about 70 images of the moon to get the moon surface image. Craters on the surface of the moon are clearly visible.

My equipment:AP130 GTX with field flattener at 873mm, 2X lens, the focus is about 1746mm, Camera: Sony A7RII

ISS Passing the Moon

In the images, ISS was transitting the moon. I used a camera to record this view in video. The camera is 25fps. I chose half of the ISS images. So there are 7 ISS images, and the duration of the transit is about 0.66 second. The distance of ISS is about 472 kilometers. ISS angular size is 58.60". At that time the phase of the moon is about 94%.I composed 7 ISS images to composed the final one. I stack about 100 images of the moon to get the moon surface image. Craters on the surface of the moon are clearly visible. I took this image on 2020 January 9th 00:00:28 am at local time in Haidian district in Beijing China.

My equipment:AP130 GTX with field flattener at 873mm, 2X lens, the focus is about 1746mm, Camera: Sony A7RII

ISS Transit the Moon

I took this image at 2019 March 24th 02:35 am at local time in Huairou district which is the suburb of Beijing China.In the images, ISS was transitting the moon. I used a camera to record that in video. The camera is 25fps. So the intervel time is 0.04 second. There are 20 ISS images, and the duration of the transit is about 0.8 second. The distance of ISS is about 600 kilometers.

My equipment:Telesocpe: AP130 GTX with field flattener at 873mm Camera Sony A7RII

Moon meets Jupiter

At the night of May 27th, 2018, moon meets Jupiter and they work together in the night sky. In this telescopic picture, the nearest satellite moon and Jupiter with its three moons could be saw clearly. The three satellites in turn: Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa.(Io is too close to Jupiter) This photo is composed of a short time exposure photo and a long time exposure photo. The long exposure photo is proccessed with a reverse color. The size and the position of Jupiter and moons could be saw clearly.

Moon Meets Aldebaran

I take this image at about 10:07 PM (about 2 minutes before moon hid the star) on Jan 9th 2017 local time Beijing, China, using my 6D camera and FS 60cb telescope with 1.7x lens. I composed two pictures with different exposure time. After about 2 minutes, moon occlusion the red Aldebaran.

Moon Meets Venus

At January 2nd evening 2017, after sunset, the moon with a very bright star Venus at west above horizon. This time, they are closed less then 2 degree. Down of the moon could be see from the composed image. I took the images in Beijing, China, using my Takahashi FS60CB telescope with 2X lens and Canon 6D camera.

Red Aldebaran beside Super Moon

I take this image at about 11:46 PM on November 15th 2016 local time Beijing, China, using my 6D camera and FS 60cb telescope with 1.7x lens. I composed two pictures with different exposure time. In fact the super moon is large and bright indeed. After about 50 minutes, moon occlusion the red Aldebaran. The white bright cirle around the moon may be due to a thin cloud in the sky. In addtion Aldebaran, some stars from the Taurus open cluster clude be seen at up-right side.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rising

I take this picture after sunset in the Jing Shan Park, which is in the central of Beijing, China on 2016 March 24th. In this image, a round moon is rising from the back of the city building. The moon is different from other time, because it is a penumbral lunar eclipse. I take one image every 2 minutes 10 seconds. Because, the mon walks one diameter of itself every about 2 minutes 10 seconds. It is dark at the down-right side of the moon but it is not obvious.

Moon Meets Saturn

On 2014 December 20th morning, one hour before sun rising, I capture Moon meets Saturn in Beijing, China, using my FS60CB telescope and 6D camera. Saturn is closing to Crescent moon, only about one more degree.