Lo-tech astronomy and improving bikepacking skills
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...
Thanks to hurrican Ophelia, now heading for Ireland, we are currently treated on extremely nice weather for the time of year. Or, just plain nice for any Dutch season. The minimum temperatures we have...
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...
