Lunar Eclipse-Viewing with Baader Planetarium
For the first time in our company history, we have organized a small "Star Party" for an astronomical event. On Haldenberg, near our headquarters in Mammendorf, we have set-up a few binoculars and telescopes and announced this in advance in the local newspapers.
Since we could only provide a limited number of employees for this event, we deliberately did not advertise the event online in order to avoid being "overrun". But even so the event got around so well per "mouthspeak" that we finally had about 200 visitors in the main phase.
Below you can see early pictures of the setup, at a later (darker) hour the moon and Mars attracted all eyes, so that we have no further photos of the constant flow of visitors. In the best weather this impressive event could be observed comfortably with the naked eye and through the telescopes.
Images of the Public-Viewing Event
© J.Baader
© J.Baader
© J.Baader
© J.Baader
© J.Baader
Bereits sehr früh (21:30 Uhr) war der Beginn der Mondfinsternis in Bayern zu sehen. © M.Risch
© M.Risch
© M.Risch
© M.Risch
Der "Kupfermond" in voller Pracht. Über dem Windrad ist Mars zu sehen. © M.Risch
Nahaufnahme des rötlich schimmernden Mars und der Mondfinsternis. © M.Risch
© M.Risch
© M.Risch
Further images of the lunar eclipse
Images from colleagues
Our colleague Martin Rietze enjoyed the lunar eclipse far away from the crowds. From Bad Gastein he climbed up through the Kötschachtal to the "Ali Lanti Bivakhütte" on the Kleinelendscharte (Region: Ankogellgruppe). All images were taken with a tripod and without tracking. Unfortunately he was rather unlucky with the clouds, as you can see in the time-lapse video. Therefore he had to time his photos well, but still achieved very nice results.
The time-lapse video is shown here in low resolution, optimized for web. The video in full resolution (FullHD, 145 MB) can be downloaded here.
© M.Rietze
© M.Rietze
© M.Rietze
Images from customers
After astronomical events we often get pictures from our customers. Here you can see some pictures of the lunar eclipse, which were taken by our customers with Baader/Celestron accessories.
© C.Kaltseis
© R.Raab-Gelnhausen
© R.Raab-Gelnhausen
© R.Raab-Gelnhausen
© R.Raab-Gelnhausen
Mars, Mondfinsternis und Sternschnuppe. © M.Ledig
© B.Koch
© B.Koch
© B.Koch
© W.Paech
© W.Paech
© W.Paech
Mondfinsternis und Mars vor der Milchstraße. © W.Paech
Mondfinsternis vom Standort Mölln / Hzgt. Lauenburg © M.Jahnke
Mondfinsternis vom Standort Mölln / Hzgt. Lauenburg © M.Jahnke
Images taken with NexYZ Smartphone-Adapter
But not only professionals could capture the lunar eclipse with DSLR cameras. The Celestron NexYZ Universal 3-Axis Smartphone-Adapter (#825821) also impressed the inexperienced visitors by allowing them to take pictures of the moon quickly and easily with their own smartphone. Here are some pictures taken with the NexYZ.
Leider fielen hier Reflexe eines Baustrahlers auf das Objektiv. © T.Baader
© J.Eberle
© J.Eberle
© Klaus
About the author: Michael Risch
Michael has been interested in astronomy and spaceflight, since he saw the last moon landing as a child. In 1981, he became a member of the Association of Amateur Astronomers in the Saarland and, as a member of the board, accompanied the establishment of the Peterberg Observatory. As co-founder and first webmaster of www.astronomie.de, he contributed numerous ideas and reports on astronomical and spaceflight topics to the first German astronomy portal. He has been practicing planetary, comets, solar, deep sky as well as TWAN style photography, and has been on many long distance trips, among others to 7 total solar eclipses. As a long-time science editor, he has led "Northern lights and stars" trips to the Arctic Circle. Michael has published many of his own photos and articles in professional journals and has written chapters for the books chapters for the books Fotoschule (Photo School) and Extremfotografie (Extreme Photography) with his colleague Martin Rietze for "Color Foto".
At Baader-Planetarium he is part of the observatory project team and is booked for lectures in Germany and abroad. Furthermore, he is an expert consultant for observatories, domes, high end mounts, telescopes and much more.
