i decided to take my front lens of my 8” LX90 SCT. ( this is just the OTA, i got my LX90 8” on a GEM )

here some reasons why take the lens cell out.
a)my secundaire mirror was full of grease.
b)to look how the system works, because i want to clean the lens cell it self the next time.

Click the link below, to see more photo’s and read more about the process.

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vandaag zullen er steeds meer foto’s in het Q-base foto album worden gedumpt.
De eerste foto’s staan er al in, maar heb geduld.

Foto’s zijn Hier te vinden

*update* 23:57*Nog eens 30 foto’s toegevoegt.

15e editie van mysteryland

De foto’s zijn Hier te vinden.

*Meer pics onderweg.

Today i received an e-mail that there was an sun Halo…
1 minute after reading the e-mail i took my camera for some photo’s…
well, here we go.

today an particle eclipse was above the netherlands.
the sun its surface was covered for around 24% by the moon.

It took me a while to get the first image, because i slept not much ( thunder storm till 4:00 AM )
the first 10 minuts the sun was completely behind alot of clouds.. so i was thinking…shall i go to bed again or set up the telescope.

Well, i didn’t go to bed, so i did some imaging with my new Orion Glass solar filter for my 8” sct.
Photo’s made with eos 1D mark 2.

*more photo’s to come, need to edit them etc.

last few days were just to hot to work… but all the work has payed of, this night we had an amazing thunderstorm heading to ijmuiden.
well it started with some flashes around 00:15 AM, around 01:10 AM more flashes, and also some nice sounds…

well here some pics.
*made with eos 1D Mark 2, around 15 secs exposure per photo, around iso 320. and 17mm @ F5,6

well… if youre on vacantion, it would be great if you have some nice weather…
well… the past days were awefull, alot of rain, and yesterday finaly some lightning

So here some pics.

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well… from my vacantion place, i was hoping for some less light polluted clear skies… but the weather went from amazingly good, to bad :(.

so made a pic of the setup in front of our caravan.

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6/7th of june, @ Euromast rotterdam.

Go Fast organised a day, with around 20 or 30 base jumpers, a watersscooter, some freerunners, 2 swoopers, some scooter racers, and alot of energy drink.

The wind was to hard, so the base jumpers couldn’t jump because of the hard wind they could get pushed to the euromast.

Next to that, i forgot the 70-200, so only had the 17-40 with me.

It was also my first time on the Euromast.
the lift went pretty fast to the top, and it was just an amazing view, the big harbor ”europoort” was great to see, but the weather was not perfect ( some fog )

HDR shot from above. ( Erasmusbridge at the left )