Starship Asterisk*

Here is my photo close to mid-totality for this evening's lunar eclipse. I shot this a few minutes before the predicted totality because apart from the Earth occulting the Moon (as seen from the Sun!) the Moon itself was also going to occult star SAO 163632 as seen from my observatory (Ir-Rabat, Mal...

Lights on, lights off http://canopus123.wordpress.com Copyright: Alexei Pace A widespread power cut in Malta on 24 June provided a good opportunity to view the night sky...though sadly clouds came up when the crescent Moon had set! The image is superimposed on a 'normal' image shot on June 30 when ...

The crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Regulus
from Rabat (Malta)
Copyright: Alexei Pace