Since my last post in October, lots of things have happened. Though my name doesn’t appear in SONNE yet (you can read the latest article here, at least my data are counted for the provisional sunspot numbers, starting in November 2021. When trying to control my telescope with OSS, I stumbled upon INDI and wrote… Continue reading Astro Log January 2022
Author: alteholz
First steps …
First of all I want to look at the sun. I feel more comfortable to again learn the handling of the telescope by daylight. Thus observing the brightest star would be the easiest start. For that purpose I either need a dedicated solar telescope or a “normal” telescope with lots of filters. Unfortunately the different… Continue reading First steps …
Per Aspera ad astra …
This shall be the start of new journey. Some decades ago, my parents bought me a telescope and I spent lots of nights in the garden looking at the stars. Unfortunately I grew old, went to university, got a job, moved to well-lit places and had almost no more opportunities to look at the night… Continue reading Per Aspera ad astra …