This weekend was the biggest astroparty in the Netherlands: The "Achterhoekweekend". It was a marvellous experience, we could observe 2 nights. The Saturdaynight was the best, highlights were NGC4356, a m13.3 galaxy (personal record) and the Whale galaxy NGC4631. I also observed this galaxy in Norberts 18" Dobsonian, what a feast!
Here we are, observing many faint galaxies in Virgo, Coma Berenices and Leo......
Here I'm checking which parts of the CGE control boards are still ok......because there was 12VDC on the 5VDC....Only the resistors are still ok.
This is the 18" Dobsonian where I observed the Whale galaxy in.
Here you see some of the telescopes used. The biggest one is the 18", besides that are a 250mm travel-dobsonian and a classic dobsonian.
There's always plenty of stuff that needs to be adjusted/collimated/repaired. Therefore I always take my tools with me.
This is me dressed up in full gear for observing. Those winter nights can be very cold and I'm prepared for that.
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