Lecture by Ed van den Heuvel - Studium Generale Maastricht

Prof. Ed van den Heuvel provided a great presentation on the amazing unity of the universe. He provided more insight in the importance of the inflation moment right after the big bang. He spend some time to explain the shape and the cosmological constant of the universe with focus on the energy and mass density. At last he talked about his thoughs on multiversums. 

Again a great lecture of the Studium Generale series at the University of Maastricht. 

Moon, Mercury and Saturn

Tomorrow morning, around 8h local time, the Moon, Mercury and Saturn are visible low above the south-eastern horizon. Within 2,5° and 8° above the horizon the trio can be observed. Make sure you have a free horizon. The Moon will be 2% illuminated.

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.