Oh well. not exactly what I was hoping for. Still got 20 minutes to go #lunaroccultation

Also: SE Asia and Australia sees an occultation of the star Rho Leonis by the Moon just a few hours after the Regulus event tomorrow night:

Paging @shahgazer.bsky.social and @marwellaspaceart.bsky.social -

FYI if you’re talking about the #Artemis II mission and you want to get the spaceflight terminology right, the mission is “crewed,” not “manned.” (NASA made the terminology change official decades ago, so this isn’t new, but a lot of folks just aren’t aware.)

A short Jupiter animation (20 mins) from last night observation. Europa is transiting from the left. 2026-02-05 14:11 UTC There seems to be an outbreak on the SEB near GRS. It wasn't there the last time I was out (4-5 days ago). #astronomy #astrophotography

1st photo of Jupiter for 2026. Hazy sky. soften the view. 2026-01-24 14:12 UTC C9.25” F=2350mm (2x barlow) , Touptek 678MC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

well hello there little fella Comet 24P/Schaumasse quick 20 mins shot this morning 2026-01-13 #dwarf3 #astronomy #astrophotography

opsss I did it again! 🫢 #dwarfmini

A slightly detail view. Smaller ROI from Sharpcap, 640x640. Collected about 20k frames, and stacked the best 10%. AR4294, AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-13 - OK confirm last one! AR4294 & AR4296 2025-12-12 00:57 UTC SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

12-days of observation. Weather prospect is not good for tomorrow, so I guess this will be my final sequence on AR4294 & AR4296. #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-12 - final sequence AR4294 & AR4296 2025-12-11 02:33 UTC The sky was so cloudy this morning that the image came out soft, and I don’t think it will get any better in the day goes by. Probably my last sequence. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

11-days of continuous observation on sunspot groups AR4294 and AR4296 I think this exceeds my previous record back in 2011-2012 #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-11. AR4294 & AR4296 2025-12-10 01:49 UTC High clouds, but slightly better seeing. Both groups are already facing away. Making it a bit tricky to compare the size to Earth. ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

10-days evolution of AR4294 and AR4296. #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-10 - 2025-12-09 02:11 UTC AR4294 and AR4296 are slowly turning away from us, towards the western limb. Sky was not perfect, high and low clouds. Couldn't get enough frames for better signal-noise ratio. ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

9 days of observations. AR4294 and AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-9. 2025-12-08 02:10 UTC AR4294 & AR4296 Thin high clouds today, thus making the view softer and less 'crispy'. Both sunspot groups are now beginning to turn away from Earth, moving towards the west limb of the Sun. ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

8 days compilation of AR4294, AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-8 observation on AR4294 and AR4296 Seeing condition was below average. Fluffy fast flying low clouds creating non-stop turbulence. 2025-12-07 01:49 UTC SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

Compilation of 6 days of observation. AR4294, AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-7 observation on sunspot groups AR4294, AR4296 and.. i'm already exhausted! Seeing was not great this morning. Creating havoc when I tried combining the two frames in ICE. The seeing changed alot within 30 minutes! 2025-12-06 02:46 UTC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

6 days of sunspots evolution. AR4296 and AR4294 OK, this is getting really tricky to arrange. :-} #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-6 observation on sunspot groups AR4294 & AR4296 According to spaceweather, it was still a very 'quiet' group, despite being really massive and complex. Today, AR4294 is facing Earth, with its sibling AR4296 trailing nearby and should be facing us tomorrow or Sunday. 2025-12-05 02:16 UTC

Day-5 observation on the giant sunspot groups, AR4294 and AR4296. Today, it was cloudy in the morning, and it cleared up 2pm, at the worse possible time! 😅 seeing was terrible and had to limit to a few good frames. 2025-12-04 06:00 UTC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 days evolution of sunspot group AR4294 & AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography

AR4294 & AR4296 2025-12-03 04:21 UTC (12:21 pm MYT) Worsening sky in Kuala Lumpur. High clouds and hazy. Both group is still massive. My estimation the total length of both group spans at least 30 times Earth's diameter. ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yesterday there was this X-class solar flare event coming from a new sunspot, AR4299. As it turns out, this is just a 'small-ish' sunspot group! Nothing like its big brother AR4294,AR4296. Size does not matter! 😃 Seeing was really bad and cloudy. 2025-12-01 05:58 UTC #astronomy #astrophotography

3 days evolution of sunspot groups AR4294 & AR4296 #astronomy #astrophotography #sunspot

Day-3 - AR4294 & AR4296 2025-12-02 02:56 UTC Despite cloudy skies and inconsistent seeing, this is in fact the sharpest image obtained from SGO so far. SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #astronomy #astrophotography

Day-2 Giant sunspot AR4294 & AR4296. Seeing was good today. SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight 2025-12-1 03:04 UTC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Giant sunspot AR 4294, appearing from the eastern limb. Really huge! This is going to be an interesting 2 weeks to see how this fella evolve. SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight 2025-11-30 08:30 UTC ShahGazer Observatory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Half cycle of Saturn's ring plane crossing from 2018 to 2025.

Finally, sky cleared up a bit tonight, with the tropical hurricane out of the way and pulling away some of the clouds. Seeing was still below average. Saturn (ring almost edge-on) 2025-11-29 13:45 UTC C9.25” F=2350mm (2x barlow) , Touptek 678MC ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We're having a rare hurricane (Senyar) gliding across the straits of malacca, and now crossing over Peninsular Malaysia to the east coast. It's been raining non-stop for almost 2-3 days, with overcast sky for the past 1-2 weeks. Incredibly rare to see that hurricane indicator in the Windy app here!

Super sunspot AR4274 is still massive, but slowly turning away from us. Zooming in some nice granules. SW 120ED 2x barlow (F=1800mm). Lunt Solar Wedge imppg, PixInsight 2025-101-13 02:18 UTC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Comet C/2025 A6 (LEMMON) 2025-11-8 7:44-8:02 PM MYT (GMT+8) 35 x 30s. ASKAR (F=230mm), ASI533MC PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This was yesterday's shot. Travelled about an hour to the nearest seaside. Comet C/2025 A6 (LEMMON) 2025-10-31 8:08 PM MYT Fuji X-T20 (18mm 30s) Pantai Jeram, Selangor, Malaysia

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) 2025-10-13 12:32-13:01 UTC 59 x 30s. ASKAR (F=230mm), ASI533MC PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) 2025-10-07 12:26-12:32 UTC 65 x 5s. ASKAR (F=230mm), ASI533MC PixInsight ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rare clear evening sky. Taking a shot on C2025 R2

There are two bright star occultations by the waxing gibbous Moon over the next 24 hours: -First up, the 83% illuminated Moon occults the +3.7 magnitude star Gamma Capricorni for Indonesia and SE Asia centered on 12:28 Universal Time; paging @marwellaspaceart.bsky.social & @shahgazer.bsky.social

Sunspots today using Lunt Solar Wedge 2025-10-02

Added a few more frames for stacking. The tail was more obvious this time. C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Sky clears up this evening. A quick shot before it got blocked by the neighbors roof. C/2025 R2 (SWAN) 2025-09-16

Failed attempt to get Comet SWAN25B this evening. Probably to faint for simple DSLR setup. Unfortunately the horizon view from my roof top observatory was even worse . Minorplanetcenter is reporting the current mag is at 9.4

Lunt Solar Wedge observations today. 2025-09-14

About an hour to go. 🥲

For Monday’s Total Lunar Eclipse, happening after midnight local time, I ‘might’ stream live to my youtube channel without any commentary. You’ll probably see me frantically adjusting exposures on my sharpcap. Weather has been really chaotic so far in Kuala Lumpur. youtube.com/shahgazer

I am back after long hiatus. It’s been a wild few months for me. Finally decided to get the Lunt Solar Wedge for white light solar observations. Looks promising using my small 420mm TS65Q.