Self built dew heater controller

The Dutch atmosphere is generally speaking very moist. This causes telescope mirrors to fog up. To prevent this I have dew heaters on my telescope. The ones I have are a little bit too heavy so they must be regulated. For that I am building my own 3 channel dew heater controller and 1 channel fan speed controller. Here the 1st dew heater channel is ready.........

An even more snow......

Here a Robin is looking for food in our garden.











And here's another bird looking for food...







Our wintergarden......even more snow than last week....







And here a wideview picture.....

Robin in the wintergarden

It is very cold, here's a Robin searching for food in our garden

Deepskydag 2009

Last saturday we had a meeting of the Dutch group of deepsky observers, many nice presentations were held (see the link: http://www.astroforum.nl/deepskydag-2009-aftertalk-topic-t23035.html) and we met a lot of people we normally only meet at www.astroforum.nl. Here are some impressions








The winner of the international constest of the smallest 200mm dobsonian in the world: Bert Boghelman.






Really everything you need, collimation cap, eyepieces, batteries for the secondary mirror heating etc. etc. etc. is put inside the small box.









Presentation of Jan van Gastel on observing in the French Mountains.......






Workshop on deepsky object sketching.................

Liev

Last friday our singer and guitarist performed acoustic in the tavern "Paulus" in Hilvarenbeek, it was a very nice and intimate performance.

Brassband Sirena Hooge Mierde music contest

Every few years our brassband has to attend a music contest. Here's the full lineup in "De Schalm" in Veldhoven.





Bass-brass section.....











Violin soloist.

After performing the jury stated that Sirena has acquired a position in the 2nd division.

My band: The One

Our latest band picture. See our website at: http://coverbandtheone.come2me.nl/