Lo-tech astronomy and improving bikepacking skills
The COAST telescope of the Open University on Tenerife has supplied me with new stuff to process! One really dim galaxy, but an interesting one: IC 1365. It’s an interacting galaxy in a compact...
It’s Christmas! Well, no. But I did receive a bunch of tiny packages from China. First there was this eyepiece. A Celestron (I doubt if it’s a real one) bought through eBay for a...
In 2017 we are now well underway to the solar minumum but Sol is still churning out large sunspots. Like AR2673, AR2674 and friends. I had a quick look through the dobson with solar filter...
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...
