I’ve been a busy bee making use of almost every clear night. Slowly but surely I am upgrading my equipment. Modified Canon 700D and now a new mount (iOptron iEQ 45pro). Here is a selection of photos I have been
Read moreAstro Update April 2018

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I’ve been a busy bee making use of almost every clear night. Slowly but surely I am upgrading my equipment. Modified Canon 700D and now a new mount (iOptron iEQ 45pro). Here is a selection of photos I have been
Read moreIn 2017 I got myself an iOptron SkyGuider Pro – a little travel mount which allowed me to take photos with more than only a few seconds of exposure. In addition to the mount I got myself a small William
Read moreFor the third year in a row the federal armed forces celebrated the Armed Forces Day on June the 10th. At 16 sites in Germany the armed forces opened their gates to welcome visitors. In Bavaria the air transport wing
Read moreFinally had a chance to do a milky way panorama shoot in the alps. Barmsee near to Garmisch-Partenkirchen was the chosen location. The weather was ideal so we decided to drive there spontaneously instead of Königssee which was a bit
Read moreStart der “Natur in Pfaffenhofen”, der kleinen Landesgartenschau. Am 24.5.17 war Eröffnung und bis zum 20.8.17 sind ihre Pforten geöffnet. Hier einige Eindrücke vom Gelände der Gartenschau. Das Album werde ich nach und nach erweitern.
Read moreMay 21 was the last day of the 25th anniversary celebrations of Munich Airport. Time for a familiy excursion (with a camera). The German Air Force sent some of the “birds”.
Read moreToday a very special E-3A Sentry left Manching airbase. It’s on its way to Geilenkirchen. Final preparations will be made there before the 35th anniversary of the NATO E-3A Component. Apart from the AWACS, a Eurofighter Typhoon carrying two Storm
Read moreFinally had a chance to do a bit of spotting. Thanks to a business trip to Toulouse I could get a few shots of the local aviation industries’ babies, like the A300-600ST Beluga and one of the A350-1000 XWB prototypes.
Read moreSpent a fantastic week end at Achensee in Tirol, Austria. Splendid weather apart from the snow… Well, on the other hand it was the snow that made for some great shots. We also went to a very nice butterfly exibition
Read moreThis cruise was unexpected. After our last cruise in September 2016 we wanted to take a break and also said that we’d never go on an AIDA ship as we really enjoy the American cruise lines. Since Meghann will go
Read moreA visit to our favourite restaurant made for some nice photo oportunities.
Read moreDidn’t expect to do a lot of spotting during the Christmas Holidays. A surprise visitor at Ingolstadt-Manching and a walk along the fence in MUC provided some nice shots…
Read moreOn the last two days of the year I went for a couple of walks with some nice results. Nöttinger Viehweide was one of the destinations and also the Ilm near to Eschelbach.
Read moreSpent a very nice day at Munich zoo. Got an annual ticket, so I’ll be taking more photos of the inhabitants in the future… this time we only had half a day, so there are not so many photos.
Read moreCopenhagen, Bergen, Alesund, Lerwick (Shetlands), Torshavn (Faroer), Reykjavik, Greenock (Scottland) and Dublin. Those were the destinations of our last cruise. Here is a selection of photos from the different destinations. 1 2 … 4 ►
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