Lo-tech astronomy and improving bikepacking skills
After a multi-day trek in the French Dordogne and Lot area last April I was longing for some outdoor activity again. Another 10 hour drive south wasn’t at all appealing so I opted for...
Me having a summer vacation means I finally could find the peace of mind to try to capture the sun from my backyard. First I needed to get me some gear and I managed...
Today I got word of the really, REALLY big sunspot AR2665 which is now well visible. The 8″ dob was out in the garden in no time at all and the DIY solar filter...
First off a nice collage of iPhone 5s shots of our sun in H-alpha Then I also made a new shot of Messier 101 with the Open University’s robotic telescope at Tenerife. It being...
After putting the scope back together earlier this week, I’d thought it would be nice to test the performance on two famous globular: M3 and M13. In short: the thing works. It’s no OOUK...
About two years ago the Sterrenknoeiers Astronomical Society had their last starparty, in Hohenwoos (Germany). There’s only a few of us Sterrenknoeiers but with our busy schedules we don’t actually meet in real life...
Today was hot and sunny. The perfect day to ATM a solar filter. I opted for a DIY filter simply because it’s cheap to make. All in all I think I spent only a...
Yesterday I crafted a simple dew-buster for the secondairy mirror in my 8″ dobsonian. It’s a tube OTA so the secondairy doesn’t really fog up that quickly but I did need a way to...
A family weekend brought me and my binoculars to the province of Drenthe. This part of our country is known for little light pollution so I figured I’d bring by binocular along. The SSCX...
Three years ago I discovered the bikepacking phenomenon and decided that was a great way of spending some quality time outdoors and at the same time a good motivation to get into shape. In...
A quick look at the sun through a Coronado PST on a Celestron LCM mount. Both borrowed from the public observatory I work for in my spare time. Not much going on though. Only...
