Aurora – the northern lights
The northern lights are always magical. So when I came across a tutorial beginning of 2022 I just had to try it.
The northern lights are always magical. So when I came across a tutorial beginning of 2022 I just had to try it.
I’m a tad bit late with posting recently because there are a lot of things going on. Still, I was able to catch some glimpses of the partial solar eclipse last week.
It’s been a while since I talked about this. But after those wrinkles I was a bit frustrated because sanding it down was quite some work. But with the wet sanding it worked best and I could smooth out most of the wrinkles.
Each year in autumn, our local astronomy group organizes a meeting of hobby-astronomers called „Astronomie-Tage Ostfriesland“ (astronomy days east frisia). People from all over Germany come with their telescopes to spend some nights under the stars. If you’re around, feel free to step by, talk with us and take a look through some telescopes. This […]
It’s happening! I finally set the date for my shop opening on Etsy. And I’m super excited for it because my second collection ‚Pillars of Creation‘ is slowly coming together. Still haven’t decided on the final pieces yet but stay tuned for the final informations đź’• Add to your calendar:
Last part for the design, adding stars. After that it was just clear coating. Wait, just? If I hadn’t made a big mistake…
The next part of my spray-paint experiment. This time I added more details to get that milky way look.
I spray-painted my small Bresser 76/700 mm telescope to try out spray-painting. This was the first time I actually spray-painted something like this. In this first part you see the deconstruction and first layers of spray paint.
Today I went outside with my telescope and checked the sunspots with a friend of mine. It was a bit difficult to take a photo though because I could just hold the camera onto the lens of the telescope. Additionally the sun was already standing low and it was rather windy. So it was hard […]