About 163 thousands of light years from us, the dwarf spiral galaxy, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way called Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) makes itself as one of the most beautiful close objects in the Universe. Named after legendary explorer Ferdinand Magellan and located not far from the South Celestial Pole, it can be seen…
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The surrounding of the celestial south pole is truly impressive. The Milky Way, our Galaxy, is full of sky gems, such as the Southern Cross (the Crux) constellation, the Coalsack Nebula, the Carina Nebula. Two satellite galaxies of our Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, are full HII regions and also regions of stars pulled off…
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Lately this evening, on December 21st, 2020, me and my friends achieved THAT. The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was almost impossible to see from the Czech Republic due to cloudy weather, so we moved to Poland, Kowary, from where the planetary duo appeared just over the highest summit of High Mountains, Sněžka. Inset…
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It may look like a plane crashes a mountain. But no. In this shot, the perspective shows the dynamic of ground and space happenings at the same time, captured from Pucon, Chile. In the foreground, the active Villarrica volcano produces soft light from lava in its crater scattering on vapor over its summit. From right,…
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Today, on October 31st, 2020, the second Full Moon in the same month appeared in the sky. In folklore, this is called “blue moon” (as it occurs “once in a blue moon”). Of course, Moon itself was not blue so far, however, I made it happen to capture it during the so-called “blue hour” when…
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By now many countries of Europe struggle with the worst pandemic situation so far. Especially in the Czech Republic. Lockdown restrictions make us locked at home. But at some point, people just have to incline to the small things around such as enjoying natural views and moments. And nature itself, which is our true wealth…
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Debris of Halley’s comet enter our atmosphere every May and October, producing two annual meteor showers. The October one, peaking usually around 21st October, is called Orionids. In the view, you can count 19 of them seemingly flying from are above Orion constellation (left from the center). The sky is crossed by the Milky Way,…
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