Pint of Science

The Annual Pint of Science Festival will take place on May 20 - 22, 2019. Lectures will be given in 14 cities within Belgium. For other countries check the website - Pintofscience.

Specific for Belgium and astronomy related, these are the lectures :

20 May 2019

Brussel : The Dark Universe. 

Leuven : It’s a small world after all. 

Mechelen : Een blik in het eindeloze heelal. 

21 May 2019

Antwerpen : From Cold plasme to cold space. 

Brussel : Outer Space, What lies beyond. 

Leuven : Life, Death and afterlife of stars.

22 May 2019

Brussel : A tour of the microcosmos. 

Leuven : And there was light. 

Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector ADC

An ADC is used to corrects light dispersion typically for planets and the moon when low above the horizon. At the ATT in Essen I bought an Omegon ADC. Hopefully I can start testing it the coming days as both Jupiter and Saturn are getting into opposition. More to come with my review and results.

Great Lecture by Ulrich von Kusserow

Selfie with Ulrich von Kusserow

As part of the 35th edition of ATT in Essen, Ulrich von Kusserow gave a lecture on "about the exploration of our magnetic solarsystem". 

The lecture describes the history from newtonian gravition to the current understanding of magnetism. What causes the magnetic fields on the Sun and around our planets? What's the influence of magnetic fields on life on earth, in space and on other planets... and much more.

After the presentation I took a selfie with Ulrich von Kusserow ... he still remembered the selfie from last year :)

For more information see website from Ulrich von Kusserow - see this website. 

ATT Essen

The ATT astronomy exibition is now open!

Today ATT Essen

The biggest astronomy fair for Amateurs will open today it's doors at 10AM in Essen (Germany). It will be my third time visiting this interesting event.

The ATT is Europe's biggest exhibition especially for amateur astronomers. You will find state-of-the-art telescopes and accessories as well as used and homemade instruments. Here you meet manufacturers and experienced amateur astronomers from all over Europe to share your thoughts with. Furthermore the ATT offers a platform for public presentation of observatories and astronomy clubs. In short, this is the place to be for anyone who is interested in astronomy. You will get plenty of ideas and inspirations for your hobby. Come and find out for yourself, and we are looking forward to meeting you at the ATT in Essen, Germany.

Moon

Picture of the Moon was taken without a tripod and normal settings. No editing was done at all. Great picture of my new Nikon A1000.

Sun H-Alpha Solarmax3

This morning, Observing the Sun in H-Alpha with SolarMax3 70/400 f/5.7 DS BF15 and pictures taken using Nikon D7500. Compared with yesterday morning, conditions were much better. The active region in the west is sunspot AR2741.