March
15
2026

Go Smart

Recently I learned about the smart telescopes. At a relative low price you can have a real image machine. I used it monitoring the sun. 

 

 

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August
24
2025

Monitoring Super Novae using VDS Remote Telescope

Monitoring Super Novae with the VDS Remote Telescope can be done easily. Here as example the SN 2025 tam located in NGC 6708 in constellation telescopium.   

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August
3
2025

3I/ATLAS - The interstellar visitor

Currently 3I/ATLAS passes as comet our solar system. It is the third object which enter our system from outside traveling through the insterallar space originated from a distant star. 
At July 29th, 2025 I got the chance to hunt for this target using the VDS Remote Telesope located in Namibia / Hokos. 

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July
21
2025

Some more observations of Novae and Supernovae

As member of the "Vereinigung der Sternfreunde" a new opportunity for some quick observations to track Novae and Supernovae as been opened. More new observation can be found here

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February
20
2025

Fetching first spectra of potential upcomming reccurent nova T CrB

T Corona Borealis (T CrB) is a cataclymic binary star classfied as recurrent nova. A first outburst was observed in 1866 by John Birmingham. Potentially earlier outbursts may have been observed in CY 1217 and 1787 as well. In CY 1946 a flare up has been observed which leads to the theory of a period of rougly 80 years in which outburst can be expected. 

Therefore, it was predicted that in CY 2024 a new outburst can be expected. 

 

 

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