Today, October 18 2014, a record high outside temperature was registrated in Belgium. The previous record was recorded 100 years ago. In Averbode a temperature of 25,5°C was measured around 17h08.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Eclipse August 21, 2017
The eclipse of 21 august 2017 in the US will be a unique opportunity to experience a total solar eclipse combined with a visit to the US.
Interesting websites : see usefull links on this blog
Monday, October 13, 2014
Visiting the Royal Observatory
Yesterday we made a trip to Ukkel near Brussels for visiting the Royal Observartory and the KMI Royal Weather Instute. Workshops for children and well explained experiments made this Open door day a real learning event.
Beside astronomy also information about seismology, spectroscopy, diffusion, aurora's, Gaia, interferometry, absorption, emission, meteo radars, solar-terrestrial centre of excellence and many more...
Launching of a Weather balloon. The balloon is filled with Hydrogen and will explode on a height of about 30km.
One of the many telescopes which are not in use or even not functioning any more. The use of observatory in Chili are taken over the current instrumentarium.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Royal Observatory Open doors
The fiftieth anniversary of the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA), open the IASB, the RMI and the Royal Observatory their doors on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October.
See also this website.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Astronomy Picture
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap140930.html
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Active Sun with sunspots
This sunny afternoon the sun could be seen with sunspots 2172, 2173 and 2175.
Primary Mirror
Time to clean the primary mirror of my 12" Telescoop. This is always a difficult and sensitive activity but necessary. After re-installing the mirror the telescoop is collimated and ready for use.
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