Lo-tech astronomy and improving bikepacking skills
I stayed on the island of Ameland for a couple of days this week. Out of 4 nights no less than three were clear. Unfortunately no room for the 8″ telescope so I brought...
Three days of clear (enough) weather in The Netherlands somehow means there’s also a moon out. We haven’t seen a new moon in about 3 months now. But I needed to testdrive my dobson...
Not much going on right now when it comes to astronomy. Biking, working, family and studying are more important to me at the moment. But still… there’s a robotic telescope on Tenerife I can...
Rejoice for I got my primary mirror back! The new coating did not turn out perfectly. #sadpanda Something’s wrong with the coating but what exactly is going on is unknown. It looks like oxidation...
I printed out my digital copy of Objects In The Heavens, sixth edition. Got it in the mail a few days ago. Especially the section on the Moon and what to see during it’s...
This year’s Perseids were not visible in The Netherlands due to lots of clouds. I had better luck because I was in the Belgian Ardennes region on a pretty dark campsite. It’s on a...
From Thursday the 2nd of August til Saturday the 4th I had the opportunity for a bikepack. I couldn’t go far so it ended up being a sort of backyard bikepack in my local...
Quick session in a field near Renkum through a 10×50 which I brought along on a 3-day bikepack trip: M13 – easily found. Big! M3 – hard to find because it was in the...
On the 28th of July I visited the Lunar eclipse meeting the public observatory Sterrenwacht Midden-Nederland organised in a field near Leusden, South of Amersfoort. I am a member of the board there but...
Zet je met wat tegenzin de telescoop op in de tuin, struikel je over Werner’s X! Nooit gelukt sinds in die 2009 ‘ontdekte’ op het Internet. Maar daar istie dan. Meteen een foto gemaakt...
The markers of September 2017 were still in the TriAtlas so it had been a while… Technically, October 13. was the last time I was out in the field but that one kind off...