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Contact information
e-mail
ws@schweifstern.de
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website
http://www.schweifstern.de
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Locator
Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: Germany
Biography
I'm a
director in bank IT-Services and my biggest wish would be a day with
36 hours. I became interested in astronomy at age ten after seeing a
German book with a large Orion Nebula on the cover. In 1980 I became
a member of the public obsersatory Hagen in Germany. Due to lack of money
I started with visual observations of Jupiter and Saturn. In 1996 I build
my first CCD Camera (Cookbook CB245). The way was now open to catch very
dim objects like comets.
Areas of interest
Comet
imaging and picture processing
Astrophotography publications
Sky and Telescope
German astronomical magazines
An image of comet Bradfield (2004) was brodcast on German television main
news.
Observing site
My
home is very light polluted so a mobile observatory is used about 50 miles
from home. I also sometimes take two week astronomical holidays in
southern France.
Astronomical Equipment
Lenses and mount
Canon
EF lenses up to 400mm
Millenim mount
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Camera
Canon
EOS 20D
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