Lent – and a letter to my Old Enemy.
The Monastery Last weekend I checked in for three-day time-out at my local monastery to prepare lent. Our group discussed with the monk the seven sins and the catholic image of the devil in the sixth century under Pope Pope Gregory I, called “The Great”. Because of the general breakdown of civil institutions resulting from...
Einscheinern eines auf der Nordhalbkugel und einer "Deutschen Montierung"
Anleitung für das Einscheinern eines auf der Nordhalbkugel und einer “Deutschen Montierung” stehenden Refraktors mit Zenitspiegel . Ein Refraktor, sowie alle Spiegelteleskope mit zwei Spiegeln (Newton, Schmidt-Cassegrain, Maksutov etc.) drehen das Bild – gegenüber dem Himmelsanblick mit dem bloßen Auge – um 180 Grad. Das bedeutet, durch das Okular geschaut, befindet sich Süden nun oben...
Canon 60Da Settings for Astrophotography
I decided to add a new DSLR specialized for Astrophotography. Following a compilation of Canon 60Da Settings for Astrophotography; My intention is to note down a starting point; after that they could go on and modify them per their needs, imaging results, and experience. SLR has live view, the 10x magnification of which is excellent...
M82 Supernova 03-08-2014 Munich
Credit Photogruppe. Gemeinsam am 16Zoll SC aufgenommen, jeweils 5s Belichtungszeit bei ISO 1600. Camera: Umgebaute Canon 1000D Optik: 16Zoll SC und einfacher Reducer
My Astronomy Class – First Pictures
This picture of Orion was imaged on Thursday evening 20th Feb 2014 a Canon 5 D Mark II DSLR with an 50 mm 1.4 and is a stack of 4 X 3 sec (1 not 30) exposures because of light pollution. Cold came in fast, so I was lucky to get this many. Stacked with...
Pope Benedict fired 400 pedophiles priests within 2 years
A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for molesting children. An AP review of the reference books shows a remarkable zero tolerance policy in the Holy See’s in-house procedures to discipline pedophiles since 2001, when the Vatican ordered bishops to send...
recent-events-2013
This year was full of transitions. Most for the better like the semi-retirement, some sad (I lost my good old BMW) and some with lost of ups and down like running a quarter of Munich for the new party in Germany the AfD. Lots of travel, but this year just Europe.
Ursids Meteor Shower Peaks On December 21, 2013
The Ursids meteor shower is nearly here — the noted meteor shower will be reaching its peak only a week from now, on the night of December 21, 2013. While the exact peak will be on the night of December 21, 2013, any night between the 17th and 25th…
Starting my Second Life
Four years ago my company offered me a generous gradual retirement proposal: Work two years full-time and five years part-time. So I worked the last 2.5 years full-time for 50% salary (actually almost the same net due to some benefits and high tax rate in my country). Now this active part will end next week...
Waiting for Komet C/2012 S1 (ISON)
Unser Interesse ist auf Komet C/2012 S1 (ISON) gerichtet, der am 28. November knapp über der Sonnenoberfläche vorbeirast. Verglichen mit einem anderen, vor wenigen Wochen entdeckte Komet hat er eigentlich nach den letzten Prognosen wenig zu bieten: C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) ist ab Mitte November dagegen mit blossen Augen südlich des Grossen Waagen zu finden, sogar am frühen Abend. Geschieht bei...
Comet #ISON Doom Bringer or yet another dirty snowball
In the geocentric world view of the Middle Ages, comets did not belong to the heavenly sphere – they were seen as Doom Bringer, as God’s punishment. Like the vaiable star Algol, considered evil unpredicablity had not been trusted. The archtypical fear fear of comets is as old as mankind is evident with the comet...