Mars and history of its observations
The Greek god of war is named after Ares, who is the son of Zeus and Hera. God of fierce fighting and endless killing. The striking red color of the planet was already identified...
Category: Astronomy
Christmas Mars in the evening sky
The Christmas star is an integral part of Christmas. Many of us even have it on our tree. However, this year’s star will not be quite a “star”.
How I turned one very old laptop into “astronomy field machine”
I got one very old laptop, I think that it was bought sometime in 2005 as a new machine. The problem with this laptop was that the operating system there was not usable anymore....
Uranus will “disappear” behind the Moon in September
I remember that once I was “corrected” by one Dutch amateur astronomer that “the planet Uranus cannot be simply visible” by a telescope from the Earth.
Moonwalk near Appenines
I had some time to to take a look on the Moon through my telescope. Although the weather was making some troubles (clouds), I managed to take some photos.
Published sample pages of the Moon Atlas
I would like to thank you all for your feedbacks that you provided me on my book “Moon Atlas”. I very appreciate your interest in the second edition of this book. Some of you...