CCD Astronomy by Christoph Schaefer
Wellcome to the homepage of the observatory `Himmelwarte` located in switzerland
The new Teleskope made by Phillip Keller and ASA Austria and its first light deepsky...
The first Deepsky 21.08.2010
The first deepsky images (first light) after collimation of the Cassegrain and the reconstruction of the observatory.
The Dumbbel in b/w 1x5 min (L) and the colorversion 2x5 min (L) and 2x 10min (R,G,B), one simple dark, no flat, a bit defocused, a challange to improve...
What a wonderful night... Ann, David and Claudia had been present in the Himmelwarte :-)
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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.