SIDC Series on Lectures on Solar Physics Basics

Lectures 8 & 9 are now available on the Youtube channel from the Royal Observatory of Belgium. See this link here.

The lectures are part of the SIDC series on Solar Physics Basics which I really recommend listening too.

Govert Schilling's Lecture on the Mysterious Universe

Selfie with Govert Schilling

On the evening of March 1, I attended the lecture of The Mysterious Universe by the well know Dutch science journalist Govert Schilling. This happening was organized as part of the Studium Generale lectures at the University of Maastricht.

In the first part a brief overview was given on where are we located (Space), when did this al start (Time) and explaining the relation between our location and time (Space-Time relation). 

The second part covered 9 unsolved mysteries :

     1) How did our Moon originate?

     2) Where is Planet 9?

     3) How unique is Life? 

     4) What are Cosmic Radio Bursts?

     5) What's happening inside a Black Hole?

     6) How did the Baby Universe look like?

     7) What is Dark Matter?

     8) What is Dark Energy?

     9) How unique is our Universe?

Time was flying by and enjoyed listening to the enthusiastic Govert Schilling. 

Weather Summary Feb 2018

February 2018 was a cold month with an average temperature of 0.5°C and 23 air frost days. The minimum temperature was -9.2°C and wind chill of -15°C.

 

Lectures by Studium Generale @ Maastricht University

Lecture on Multiverse by Prof. Dr. J. Heise on April 26.

Lecture on particle physics by Prof. Dr. Eric Laenen and Prof. Dr. Marcel Merk

Nightscapes of Orion

Clouds play a nice role of below nightscape with constellation Orion.

22° Halo around the Moon

It's still very cold outside but the tiny clouds high up in the sky are responsible for a beautiful 22° Halo around the Moon.

Whirlpool M51a and M51b

NGC5194 or M51a and NGC5195 or M51b are interacting galaxy pairs located about 25 million lightyears away. The galaxy pairs can be seen in the constellation Canes Venatici (hunting dogs).
The pictures are taken using TAL200K with Nikon D7500. Manual stacking of 10 pictures and editing using CS4.