conemmilBecause of the low altitude for the Sun during the totality, it was possible to view the Moons shadow to Earth in a unique great way. I've watched six total solar eclipses but never seen the shadow like that. This video was made with an iPhone 4 glued to a photo tripod.
Total Solar Eclipse from Queensland Australiaconemmil2012-12-23 | Because of the low altitude for the Sun during the totality, it was possible to view the Moons shadow to Earth in a unique great way. I've watched six total solar eclipses but never seen the shadow like that. This video was made with an iPhone 4 glued to a photo tripod.Aldebaran Occultation 2017conemmil2017-02-05 | This is the immersion of the star behind the Moon under artistic conditions I'd say :-) Observe how fast the star fades because the Moon doesn't have atmosphere.K(@)stro Observatoryconemmil2015-08-07 | This video shows my robotic observatory roll off roof operationTotal Solar Eclipse 2012 Australiaconemmil2013-06-02 | This time lapse video, shows my experience from the total solar eclipse happening last November. You can see from the begging of the trip and the initial observing location at Port Douglas where clouds we persistent, up to the final location close to Palmer River Roadhouse. It was a wonderful experience beeing there under the pitch dark skies of Australian outback waiting for the eclipse to happen!
High resolution image from professor Miloslav Druckmuller: http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2012a/Tse2012a_816mm_ce/0-info.htmPanStarrsconemmil2013-03-15 | Taken from Thessaloniki Greece, this time sequence shows the comet's movement at the sky.Comet Linear C2012K5conemmil2013-01-05 | This is another attempt to show the movement of the comet into our solar system. I got a tip from my friend Aggelos Kechagias and created the first part of the sequence.Comet Linear C2012K5 is moving through the starsconemmil2013-01-05 | This is a video showing the movement of the comet during a 3000 seconds interval. This comet is the brightest one at the sky right now and it looks amazing! I took the data remotely from my robotic observatory which is placed at Thessaloniki Greece.VenusTransitsconemmil2012-06-06 | Venus 1Venus transit from iPhoneconemmil2012-06-06 | One of the finest astronomical views I've ever seen through a telescope. No black drop effect was noted though.Venus Transitconemmil2012-06-06 | Taken with my iPhone from a telescope with positive projection. Many thanks to Nikos for borrowing me the telescope!!!ERGO BIG H264conemmil2011-04-10 | ...Santorini Trails Over Calderaconemmil2011-04-04 | ...Santoriniconemmil2011-04-02 | ...Comet Lulin passing in front of backround galaxies NGC3020 and 3024conemmil2009-03-02 | Saturday (28-2-09) night me and my friend Thodoris Giaourtsis went to Chalkidiki (Hellas) to observe comet Lulin. What drew our attention was the velocity of the comet that is clearly shown in this video. Each frame is a 3 minute exposure on a Canon 350D with the IR filter modification. The optics for the image is an FS60C Takahashi refractor with the field flatener.