Mars, Saturn and Antares

At the end of the night before dawn (on 27 of  March) I captured three bright celestial bodies: two planets (red Mars on the upper-right, Saturn on the left) and Antares (the brightest star in the Scorpius; in the picture it is in the bottom corner of the triangle). The name Antares is derived from the Ancient Greek word which means "equal to-Ares" = "equal to-Mars". It is called so because of its reddish color (like Mars).

The picture was shooted while unsuccessful hunting of the comet 252P/LINEAR. I found out later that the comet is quite diffuse so it is hardly to register especially when sky is partially covered by clouds.

C/2014 S2 PANSTARRS in Draco

2016-03-26 ~19:42-19:57(UT+2); Kyiv

Image angular size: 5x5 degrees (by nova.astrometry.net).

Comet is in the center of an image: small green spot.

According to cometbase.net, apparent magnitude of the comet was about 9.7m

Canon EOS 600D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II on tripod
105x3.2s; f/2.5; ISO=800
DSS, FITStacker, RawTherapee.

Iridium 95 Flare

Iridium flare 21-Mar-2016 at 20:12:19 (UT+2) from Kyiv (Osokorky)

Canon EOS 600D + EF-S 18-55mm at 18mm; 60s; ISO=100; f/6.3

Maps from heavens-above.com:

Jovian System

Picture was taken on 2016-03-15 at ~21:02(UT+2)

Kyiv (Osokorky)

Canon EOS 600D + 55-250mm EF-S f/4-5.6 IS II on a fixed tripod.

A movie was captured, 800 frames from it were processed with PIPP, 70% of them was processed in Autostakkert2, then in Registax6. The final image is a combination of two pictures, processed separately to highlight planet (1-st pic) and its satellites (2-nd one). Then the two pictures were combined in Gimp.

Movie parameters: F = 250mm; ISO = 200; f/7.1; each frame exposure = 1/30s; frame rate: 25.