Tiangong 2 - Visible

This evening and upcoming evenings and of course when clouds do agree to open, you can observe the Chinese vessel Tiangong 2 above the southern horizon.  For Belgium see timings below, for other locations see website Heavens-Above.

Launch of new Nikon D5600

Nikon will shortly launch the new Nikon DSLR camera Nikon D5600.
See also Nikon Website

Picture in nieuwsblad

Today, my picture of the abbey of Averbode was published in the newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad".

Solargraph missing in action

One of my pinhole camera's are installed near the abbey of Averbode since mid June - see blog. This morning during a routine inspection I noticed the camera dissapeared. Bad luck! I still have one camera running at home which I hope will make it till december 21 :)

If you want to make your own pinhole camera capturing a solargraph - see my webpage DIY Solargraph. 

View on the abbey of Averbode - Pinhole camera was installed in this area.

The Sun Today

In between the clouds, I could take some pictures of the sun using PST40.

October 2016 Weather Summary

The weather from October 2016 is comparable with the one from October 2015. Avg temperatures rather warm and it with only 35,9mm rain it was also a dry month.

 

Chinese Space Program - Long March - Shenzhou - Tiangong 2

We sometimes forget that it's not only the NASA, ESA or Roscosmos who are exploring space. The Chinese Space Program is running quit well. This month a powerfull Long March 2F/G Y11 space rocket launched the space craft Shenzhou-11 with two astronauts (taikonaut) to their space lab Tiangong-2. This is currently visible at night when it's crossing your area - see heavens-above for more information at your location.