Stellarium and ShowMySky visual model
Stellarium is the astrosoftware developed for many years. There were quite a lot of versions of 0. x meaning, that the work is still in progress. Since 2021, when Stellarium reached the version of...
Tagged: Solar eclipse
Solar eclipse below the horizon – the observation guideline
The 2024 total solar eclipse is coming. Anyone interested will be in North America. We cannot forget about the people, who live or will temporarily stay in Western Europe on the day when the...
12P/Pons Brooks comet during 2024 total solar eclipse
This text shows some guidelines for the brief moment of the total solar eclipse 2024 occurrence at twilight, which presumably will allow for a fantastic view of the 12P/Pons-Brooks comet being close to its...
What exactly is a hybrid solar eclipse?
This text is aimed at explaining to you what roughly is the hybrid solar eclipse phenomenon. In my opinion, most sources define the hybrid solar eclipse incorrectly, defining it as the eclipse, in which...
Top 100 the most beautiful places from where you could observe annular or total solar eclipses in the 2021-2040 period
This article is probably a compression of the ebook, which I would like to release in the nearest future about the 500 spots, from where you could observe both annular and total solar eclipses...
10 the most spectacular celestial events to watch in 2021-2040
This text is somewhat the continuation of the previous one, tailored for the most unique celestial events or group of celestial events, which will occur in the 2021-2030 decade. This time you will read...
The most unique astronomical events you shouldn’t miss in the 2021-2030 decade
Recently we have entered the new decade 2021-2030. This is a good time to take a look at what major astronomical events will occur throughout this time. I don’t mean typical celestial events, as...
Several important reasons why you should see the 2026 solar eclipse
It’s still quite a lot of time to the 2026 total solar eclipse event, which has been already considered by me in terms of the possibility of seeing its impact on the atmosphere when...
Total solar eclipse 2020 – remote chasing the umbra and a brief explanation how do the webcams work
The total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, was the last one in the 2nd decade and obviously the first “Twenty Years Solar Eclipse Path Tables” of the XXI century. Most people call this...
The weather-based long range plans for your astronomical expedition
If you are an astronomer, astrophotographer, or even amateur tourist, you have some dreams about long-haul trips for sure. Quite often these trips are such long-range plans, because of our financial situation or spare...
Solar eclipse below the horizon 2019 – the World’s first webcam observation
My third remote observation of the solar eclipse was aimed at the fleeting lunar shadow when the Sun was already below the horizon. Previously I hadn’t had occasion to see a similar effect, as...
Upload vector layers to Windy.com in order to check the weather for your trip
It’s been about half a year since Windy.com launched an option to upload .kml, .gpx and .geojson files into the weather map. It happened thanks to the Leaflet-kml plugin, available here. Apart from the...
H-Alpha filter in an exceptional observations of solar phenomena
In this short post, I would like to share with you my ideas, on how can we use the Hydrogen-alpha filter for solar observations during exceptional situations. The situations, that I am going to...
Top 21 things to see during solar eclipse
At the finish of my considerations about the solar eclipse phenomena observations, done during the last total solar eclipse in the USA as well as another few partial solar eclipses, which I have been...
Top 10 intriguing things to see during solar eclipse
A solar eclipse is the most spectacular natural phenomenon, as we can see on Earth. It induces at least a dozen or so other events, which occurrence can be observed during this time. In...
The movement of prominences against the lunar disk during total solar eclipse
Except for many phenomena related to the total solar eclipse, that I observed away from the Sun there is one, which is worth attention. This is a prominences movement against the lunar disk, as...
Photography of the Sun through a natural filters
Gazing at the Sun with the naked eye is dangerous. Much more dangerous is watching the Sun through instruments like binoculars or telescopes without a filter! It causes serious eye damage, which is a...
How the lunar shadow looks like during the solar eclipse?
The area covered by umbra is the most spectacular of the whole solar eclipse phenomenon, therefore I would like to pay particular attention to this. Because I was watching the totality only once, I...
Solar corona visibility before & after totality
Seeing a solar corona during a total solar eclipse can be an awesome experience. This view is jaw-dropping for everyone, even for solar eclipse chasers, who used to have seen it at least a...
Sky brightness changes during total solar eclipse
Recently I have shown the light level changes during the solar eclipse. The illumination level is strongly related to the sky brightness. Both of them change at the same time throughout the eclipse. In...