Small Moon

Finally a clear sky and lucky to see the small moon in south-east.

The Farthest on TV - Don't miss the Voyager story.

The documentary The Farthest will be on Belgium television, tomorrow Jan 14, Canvas 22h10.
This documentary tells the story of the two Voyager Spacecrafts launched in 1977 and still out there, even after more then 40 years. Don't miss this!

Astrophotography Jan 27, 2018

On Saterday January 27 as from 10h30 the VVS together with Urania organizes the annual seminar on Astrophotography. This seminar is organized by and for amateur astrophotographers with focus on sharing and learning from each other. See more here. 

Weather Summary for 2017

This is the overview of the weather summary for the entire year 2017.

According Belgium Royal Meteorological Institute, 2017 is one of most warm years since they start measuring (19 century).

Weather Summary December

The month December had more rain days then average and more rain fell then average. Temperatures were normal.  Only 7 air frost days were counted. This December is comparable with the one from 2014.

Happy New Year 2018

Happy New Astronomical Year 2018 with a lot of great Highlights.

Lecture by Prof. Ed van den Heuvel at Maastricht University

On January 17th, 2018, Prof. dr. Ed van den Heuvel will be talking about the Wonderful Unity of the Universe. This takes place at the University of Maastricht (NL) 20h00.