Author Archives: Erwin Kats

new head

Posted by Erwin Kats on July 10, 2009 – 19:25
Filed under equipment

14 days ago i received my new Manfrotto 808 RC4 head
the head is very steady, and the axis can be fixed very good.
only disadvantage i got at the moment is that i can’t point higher then 30 degrees

Sunspot 1024 with plane.

Posted by Erwin Kats on July 5, 2009 – 18:38
Filed under Random

i was making some pics of Sunspot 1024, a group of sunspots that is on the sun its disk at the moment.
i was photographing with my Vixen R200SS and canon eos 40D + Orion Glass filterm, while the plane pased  by.

NLC Display 23-June-2009

Posted by Erwin Kats on June 24, 2009 – 17:22
Filed under Random

for 4 nights and mornings longs i could see NLC’s.
yesterday they were pretty !, so took the cam for some shots.

WMR-200

Posted by Erwin Kats on June 7, 2009 – 19:55
Filed under equipment

since last week i got semi professional weather station.
its an oregon scientific WMR-200

  • Measures temperature, humidity, wind chill, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure and rainfall.

    • First shot after accident in france

    Posted by Erwin Kats on May 31, 2009 – 20:10
    Filed under Astrophotography, equipment

    at the end of march 2009, i was in french for a astro trip.
    on a morning my losmandy G-11 + vixen R200SS and guidescope were blown to the ground by the wind.

    i still can’t photograph with the r200SS because i need to order a new set of OTA rings.

    friday 29th of may, i was photographing with my eos 40D + 70-200 2,8 IS on 70mm F4,5 to NGC 7000 ( north america nebula )
    ive captured 2 hours and 16 minuts in 4minut sub exposure stacked in DeepSky Stacker.

    a crop

    Solarlive

    Posted by Erwin Kats on May 5, 2009 – 09:00
    Filed under Random

    After a few weeks/months Emiel Veldhuis and my website about broadcasting the sun, live in Hydrogen Alpha is getting finised now.
    i only have to look for some other broadcasting software.

    www.solarlive.nu

    Verclause

    Posted by Erwin Kats on March 22, 2009 – 21:52
    Filed under Random

    WoW, amazing skies here in Verclause.
    the way to verclause was very cool, you see alot of the french alpes!

    Astro holiday part three

    Posted by Erwin Kats on March 21, 2009 – 05:00
    Filed under Astrophotography

    At this moment we will leave from Belgium to Verclause in France.
    we have to travel around 1100 km.

    Astro holiday part two

    Posted by Erwin Kats on March 21, 2009 – 02:00
    Filed under Astrophotography

    now, 2:00 AM we will leave from oure vacantion home to the place Turnhout in belgium( 133km ), were i will meet Karel Teuwen.

    Astro holiday part one

    Posted by Erwin Kats on March 20, 2009 – 23:10
    Filed under Astrophotography

    This afternoon we have left oure home in ijmuiden to go to oure vacantion home in south limburg.
    this travel of 240km is just a small part from what i will travel during 24 hours.