Sunday, May 06, 2012

ATT Astronomy Fair 2012

 Fahr fahr fahr auf die Autobahn
 Beautiful lady promoting Kiribotib Astrofarm
 Lucas Mesu demonstrates his Mesu-2 mount: Everything moves, except his super-stable mount!
 Type plate of the 25x100mm Fujinon binocular.
 Checking out the 25x100mm Fujinon
 Price tag of the 25x100mm Fujinon
 230mm Lunt solar telescope objective.
 230mm Lunt Solar telescope
 Fujinon 10x70 binocular hanging in trapezium
 Planewave
 Edwin checking out the Delos in NP101 with Al Nagler in the background
 Al Nagler.
 Rob Lefeber with the designer of CFF telescopes.
Rob Lefeber with Skywatcher.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Walk on the "Brunssummerheide"

Last Monday we went for a walk on the Brunssummerheide (south Limburg, near Heerlen).
Black cap (Dutch: Zwartkop)
Finch (Dutch: Vink)

Dome of the Explorion Observatory

View on the Brunssummerheide

Astrophotography Day Spring 2012

Last Saturday it was the astrophotography day. This time it was held in observatory Philippus Landsbergen in Middelburg (Zeeland).
Lucas Mesu was also there with his renown Mesu-2 mount. 100kg max. payload, friction drive, ArgoNavis/ServoCat servomotor goto system: an astrophotographers dream.......