Observations of the Sun, the Moon, and Planets 2021

Observation Overview | Special Events | References

It was not until 2018 that I began to observe the moon a little more in detail and to document my "more important" observations. On this page, I collect, somewhat unsystematically, my observations of the moon, the sun, and the planets from 2021, which might be of interest to other beginners and are therefore described here.

Note: Older observations are listed on the "Astronomy" overview page. The same applies to deep sky observations.

Observation Overview

Date 2021	Objects Observed	Location	Devices Used	Eyepieces and Cameras Used	Remarks	Further Remarks
Apr 27	Moon	MH		Sony RX10 M4	Took photos of the "super moons" (special full moon).	Photos rather dark...
May 26	Moon	Erkerode		Sony RX10 M4	Took photos of the "super moons" (special full moon).	Rather washed out...
Jul 17	Moon	MH	eVscope, LT binoculars		Took photos of the half moon with the eVscope.	After Unistellar had published directions...
Jul 19	Moon	MH		Sony RX10 M4	Took photos of the moon with the Golden Handle.
Jul 20	Moon	MH		Sony RX10 M4	Took photos of the moon one day after the Golden Handle at two different times.	40 min difference
Jul 22	Moon	SM/F		Panasonic TZ202, Sony RX10 M4	Astrid and me took photos of the (nearly) full moon.
Aug 11	Moon, Venus	MH		Sony RX10 M4	Crescent of the moon and Venus beautifully seen and photographed
Aug 31		MH	eVscope		Took photos of Jupiter and Saturn
Sep 1	Jupiter, Saturn, both with moons	MH	C5 on AZ Pronto mount	32, 24, 16 und 10 mm	Observed Jupiter (4 moons) and Saturn (3 moons?) with the C5, dann M 11 (down to 16 mm) and M 13 (down to 10 mm)	From about 10:20 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.; initially SQM 20, at the end SQM 20.1
Sep 3	Jupiter (w/o) moons, Saturn	MH	C5 with reducer/corrector on AZ-GTi mount		Order: M 13 (from 10:50 p.m. on), M 92, Jupiter with and without moons, M 13, Saturn, Jupiter	Starting at about 10:50 p.m. (I started earlier, but had only failed attempts) up to about 0:30; SQM about 20.1 C5 partly covered with dew...
Oct 9	Moon, Venus	Erkerode		Sony RX10 M4	Moon and Venus close together
Oct 12	Moon, Jupiter, Saturn	MH		Sony RX100 M4	Jupiter, Saturn, and the moon formed a triangle
Oct 19	Jupiter, Saturn	MH	eVscope		Took photos of Jupiter and Saturn (app version 1.4.3 with new processing for planets)
Oct 23	Moon, Jupiter	MH	eVscope		Took photos of Jupiter and the moon (app version 1.4.3 with new processing for planets)	Jupiter with and without moons; fuzzy without moons...
Nov 18	Moon	MH	PS72 on AZ-GTi mount, StellarMate	ZWO ASI224MC	Took photos of the moon (PS 72/432, StellarMate)	Full moon
Nov 27	Jupiter	MH	C5 with reducer/corrector on AZ-GTi mount, StellarMate	ZWO ASI224MC	Took photos of Jupiter (C5, StellarMate)	Jupiter with three moons
Dec 10	Moon	Erkerode	eVscope 2		Took photos of the moon (eVscope 2)	About half moon

All observations done in Mühlhausen/Kraichgau (MH), except for where noted otherwise; SM/F = Sumène/Frankreich.

Special Events

April 27, 2021: Photos of the Super Moon (Sony RX10 M4, Mühlhausen)


Processed and sharpened (original)		Processed and sharpened (from May 26, 2021, for comparison)

May 26, 2021: Photos of the Super Moon (Sony RX10 M4, Erkerode)


Unprocessed (original)		Processed		Processed and sharpened

July 17, 2021: Photos of the Half Moon with the eVscope


Original colors		Black & white version

Slightly processed and sharpened (Gain 0 dB, 2.8 ms)

July 19, 2021: Moon with Golden Handle


Moon with Golden Handle, processed and sharpened		Ditto, processed and sharpened

July 20, 2021: Moon One Day After the Golden Handle


Moon after the Golden Handle, processed and sharpened		Ditto, only sharpened

Ditto, processed and sharpened		Ditto, processed and sharpened

Ditto, processed and sharpened , 40 min later than photos above		Ditto, processed and sharpened , 40 min later than photos above

July 22, 2021: Photos of the (Nearly) Full Moon with the Panasonic TZ202 and Sony RX10 M4


Nearly full moon with Panasonic TZ202	Ditto	Ditto

Nearly full moon with Sony RX10 M4	Ditto	Ditto

Ditto, processed	Ditto, processed	Ditto, processed

August 11, 2021: Crescent of the Moon and Venus


Crescent of the moon and Venus (Pfeil zeigt auf Venus)		Crescent of the moon and Venus

Crescent of the moon and Venus		Crescent of the moon and Venus

August 31, 2021: Photos of Jupiter and Saturn

I observed and photographed Jupiter and Saturn in Live View mode with the eVscope:


Jupiter - Aug 31,8, 2021, sections, rings visible		Jupiter - Aug 31,8, 2021, sections, with moons
With the new image processing, I got better "stripes"...

Saturn - Aug 31,8, 2021, sections

October 14: Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn Form a Triangle


Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn		Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn

Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn; arrows point to Jupiter (left) and Saturn (right)		Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn; arrows point to Jupiter (left) and Saturn (right)

October 19, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn with the eVscope

The following photos of Jupiter and Saturn with the eVscope were taken with the new app version 1.4.3, which is supposed to bring improvements in planet imaging. But I cannot really recognize these improvements...


Jupiter with 4 moons and with different exposures


Jupiter with stripes				Saturn with its ring

October 23, 2021: Jupiter and Moon with the eVscope


Jupiter with 4 moons		Jupiter without moons, fuzzy...


Moon, sharpened

November 18, 2021

Moon unprocessed

Moon processed

November 27, 2021: Jupiter with Three Moons (ASI224)

Jupiter with 3 Moons, 0.02 sec

Jupiter with 3 Moons, 0.01 sec

Jupiter with 3 Moons, 0.001 sec

December 10, 2021: The Moon (eVscope 2)

Moon original