CWL

Partial Lunar Eclipse

Mosaic of April partial lunar eclipse - first and last shot is approximatelly 75 minutes from mid-eclipse (penubral phase), central mosaic is made from shots captured every 2 minutes. Central image is from the maximum of eclipse (20:07 UT). The orange color of right part of mosaic is caused by low Moon above horizon. — Petr Horálek

Skygazers

Star trails over a water well in the Montsant mountains, Catalonia Copyright: Maria Rosa Vila

Jumping Toward The Milky Way

Eta Carina by Wolfgang Promper

Stargazing by Maurice Toet

Southern Silhouette

Six hours of southern startrails, centered on the South Celestial Pole, is recorded in this image from Warrumbungle National park of NSW, Australia. Shingo Takei

Milky Way over the Mediterranean by Joseph Caruana

Baku Analemma

One full year of solar motion is captured in this multi-exposure analemma image from shore of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Image by Tunc Tezel

Analemma is the figure “8” loop that results when one observes the position of the sun at the same time of day over the course of a year. The 23.5° tilt of the earth’s axis of rotation and its elliptical orbit about the sun result in the apparent change in the sun’s location in the sky when observed at the same location at the same time of day over a year’s time.

For this image the photos are all made during the local noon. The highest point shows the sun near the day of Summer Solstice (June 21) and the lowest marks the shortest days near the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21).

Rosseta to The Right by Rafael Rodriguez

Jupiter and the Galactic Bulge

Bright planet Jupiter shines against the brightest region of the Milky Way; the galaxy’s central bulge in the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius. The starry sky is photographed from the Death Valley, a desert in California and Nevada, United States. — Stefan Seip