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Hobby - Astronomy.
Sternwarte Aachen 20
september 2014
On 20 september 2014 a delegation
of Sterrenwacht Limburg
visited the Aachen Observatory (Sternwarte Aachen). Here
is my story, and some photographs:
Chris busies himself taking some shots before the presentation begins.
The solar scope, neatly built into a wooden box that fits onto the main telescope for tracking.
Presentation. As you can see they keep it very up-to-date; here's a fresh image from Rosetta of 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
A real meteorite. Although it's small, it's over 4 billion years old.
Neat.
After the presentation we visited the dome with the Telescope.
It's big compared to the Sterrenwacht, and the Telescope is something else. Wow.
Same for the dome, by the way. All wood with sliding doors, not lifting blinds. Beautiful.
Our host is explaining how the tracking mechanism works.
By turning the crank (top right) a weight that is hidden in and under the pedestal is lifted so it pulls down on a clock mechanism, that in turn helps the Telescope to track the night sky.
When I said clock mechanism, that wasn't a metaphor.
On the other side of the pedestal, at the bottom, you can see the bicycle chain that lifts and pulls the weight for the mechanism.
The Telescope comes with a nice old box of peripherals like lenses and stuff.
This is one of the best features of Sternwarte Aachen: it all takes you back to about a century ago. The wooden dome, the cabinets inside, the mechanics of the Telescope; it all looks, feels (and smells!!) like yesteryear. Steampunk avant-la-lettre, if you know what I mean.
See?
Know what I mean?
Our Carlo looking for that UFO on the horizon.
And Frans has a go as well.
There is no wrong angle to this thing, all photographs look cool and impressive. To me they do.
A look at the baffles inside the Telescope.
The dome in all its splendor.
Sterrenwacht.nl meets and greets sternwarte-aachen.de!
We'll be back...
And of course: they are invited to visit us!
Hobby - Astronomy.
Sternwarte Aachen 20
september 2014
On 20 september 2014 a delegation
of Sterrenwacht Limburg
visited the Aachen Observatory (Sternwarte Aachen). Here
is my story, and some photographs:Chris busies himself taking some shots before the presentation begins.
The solar scope, neatly built into a wooden box that fits onto the main telescope for tracking.
Presentation. As you can see they keep it very up-to-date; here's a fresh image from Rosetta of 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
A real meteorite. Although it's small, it's over 4 billion years old.
Neat.
After the presentation we visited the dome with the Telescope.
It's big compared to the Sterrenwacht, and the Telescope is something else. Wow.
Same for the dome, by the way. All wood with sliding doors, not lifting blinds. Beautiful.
Our host is explaining how the tracking mechanism works.
By turning the crank (top right) a weight that is hidden in and under the pedestal is lifted so it pulls down on a clock mechanism, that in turn helps the Telescope to track the night sky.
When I said clock mechanism, that wasn't a metaphor.
On the other side of the pedestal, at the bottom, you can see the bicycle chain that lifts and pulls the weight for the mechanism.
The Telescope comes with a nice old box of peripherals like lenses and stuff.
This is one of the best features of Sternwarte Aachen: it all takes you back to about a century ago. The wooden dome, the cabinets inside, the mechanics of the Telescope; it all looks, feels (and smells!!) like yesteryear. Steampunk avant-la-lettre, if you know what I mean.
See?
Know what I mean?
Our Carlo looking for that UFO on the horizon.
And Frans has a go as well.
There is no wrong angle to this thing, all photographs look cool and impressive. To me they do.
A look at the baffles inside the Telescope.
The dome in all its splendor.
Sterrenwacht.nl meets and greets sternwarte-aachen.de!
We'll be back...
And of course: they are invited to visit us!
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