Moon 4%

After sunset, the Moon,  4% illuminated. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO 80/480 f/6.

Sun H-Alpha Prominences

Late afternoon the Sun kept on showing prominences and filaments. 

 

Sun H-Alpha

Open sky and during midday I made some pictures of the prominences using my SolarMaxIII 70/400f/5.6 DS BF15.

Blank Solar Disk

No sunspots but some prominences and above all very a nice scenic under freezing conditions of -1°C.

Nucleosythesis Course

I registrated for a Nucleosynthesis course which is organised by Cozmix Brugge. In 5 sessions, each 2h, nuclear reactions and how elements are originated will be explained. The course will be provided by Prof. Dr. Claude Doom from the University of Louvain (KU Leuven).

    Session 1 : Nuclear reactions
    Session 2 : Nuclear reaction inside stars
    Session 3:  Nuclear reaction with neutron and protons
    Session 4 : Nucleosynthesis during Big Bang and nucleochronology
    Session 5 : Stars with deviating composition

Gravitational Waves and Einstein Telescope - Lectures March 1 & 2

The University of Maastricht organizes two insteresting lectures on Gravitational Waves and the current status of the the Einstein Telescope.

    1) March 1, 2021  20h an English lecture - see details

    2) March 2, 2021  20h a Dutch lecture - see details 

Diploma Indonesian Space Explorer ARISS MAI 75 Exp 64

I received my SSTV diploma from Indonesian Space Explorer recognizing "succesfully showing the SSTV Image from ARISS during MAI 75 experiment on 28-29 January 2021.

See also my results of ARISS SSTV EXPEDITION 64 MAI 75