by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Apr 17, 2024 | LeCotterg
L’étoile polaire, ou Polaris, est l’étoile visible à l’oeil nu la plus proche du point où l’axe de rotation de la Terre se projette sur la voute céleste dans l’hémisphère Nord. C’est l’étoile principale de la constellation de...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2024 | LeCotterg
La nébuleuse de l’Homme qui court dans la constellation d’Orion. L’envie de partager ma passion pour l’astronomie et faire découvrir les beautés du ciel m’ont poussé à développer « un petit voyage à travers l’univers », un sentier didactique en trois...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Mar 16, 2024 | Backyard
In 2022, I transformed a standard garden shed from the local hardware store into a telescope protection box. The roof is on wheels and can be easily rolled off and carried away. The door comes off and the walls fold down. Summary Download a pdf version of this post....
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Nov 4, 2022 | Roboscopes
After 1260 Km across Switzerland, France and northern Spain, I met Steve and Peter in Santander on October 16, where we overnighted before we drove the last 800 Km to Freganal de la Sierra. At that point the weather was good and warm … unfortunately it did not last....
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jul 27, 2022 | Asteroids, Astrobin
For over more than 10 years, since the creation of Astrobin by Salvatore Iovene, asteroid observations have been reported by Astrobin members. As I am interested in asteroids myself, I have assembled a list of these observations, and am keeping it up to date when new...