Friday, July 8, 2016

Sunset at 10.000m

Sunset during flight from Geneva to Brussels results in beautifull pictures. The picture below was taken on July 5th around 10pm at 10.000m hight using my iPhone 6.


Helios in the news

Astronomy club Helios Averbode in todays newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad".


Thursday, July 7, 2016

Helios Sun Observing Day

On July 3th, Helios Astronomy club was present at the national sun observing day. Location this time was the Abbey at Averbode. With 4 telescopes (3 Ha and 1 Newton with Baader) we could welcome more then 120 people and let them show the explosions on the sun. Also present was our founder E.H Gilbert Fleurent which still was very interested and passioned on the clubs activities.

Helios Members with our founder EH G. Fleurent (4th from left)

Monday, July 4, 2016

Solargraph of 1 day

As part of the national sun observing day (July 3th) I installed a pinhole camera at the observing location in Averbode - Belgium. As I wanted the result of 1 day, the pinhole was made larger then normal.


Sunday, July 3, 2016

June Weather Summary - wettest June ever since 1833

According to the official KMI in Brussels, june was the wettest ever June since recording in 1833. With 21 days of rain in comparison with 6 days last year I can witness this. In Averbode 157 l/m2 and Temperatures were normal.


Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Eclipse Shades


Today my eclipse shades edition "all american solar eclipse 2 aug 2017 arrived ...

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Circular Halo around sun

This afternoon I could observe a circular halo (22°) around the sun. 

22° Halo Averbode - Belgium


22° Halo Averbode - Belgium