About myself
My name is Christoph Schaefer and I am living in switzerland. After my study of chemistry I focussed on molecular genetics at the Max Planck Institut in Berlin, my place of birth, germany. Afterwards I relocated to switzerland and since almost 20 years I worked, first in research at the university, later in medical institutions and now for the diagnostic industry. Currently I integrate this new technological knowledge into the medical marketing of an international acting, swiss company.
In order to compensate my effords in the microcosmos of the molecular nanoworld, I am interested to look to the opposite, namely the macrocosmos at the sky. In between are my love for my wife Ann with Dounia, my three wonderful children David. Lea-Nora, Janek and fine arts...
Since 2004 I approach the fascinating hobby `astronomy` by intensive studies in literature, building my own observatory named `Himmelwarte`, collecting and testing astronomical accessories. Being mainly interested in the CCD astrophotography and taking advantage of exspecially high quality russian optical equipment (Intes, Lomo). The various setups are described or shown in the technical section of my homepage and are, of course, just my personal point of view...
Thanks to all those, who freely exchange their knowledge in this fascinating hobby and my wife Ann for her warm interest and support...
Io verschwindet im Schatten von Jupiter. Während der ganzen Nacht ideale Bedingungen für die Deep-Sky-Beobachtung. Mehrere Überflüge der Internationalen Raumstation ISS am Abendhimmel. 
Ferngläser, auch Feldstecher genannt, sind exzellente und universell einsetzbare Beobachtungsgeräte. Sie sind im Vergleich zu einem Teleskop klein, kompakt und lichtstark. 
As Vega?s development is coming to an end with the qualification flight scheduled in 2011, two contracts were signed to allow the project to move on to the next phase. 
ESA?s GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected, thanks to the fervent efforts of a team of experts.