Only on the second day of my arrival in Chile (Jan 13, 2017) I found myself traveling from Valparaiso to Santiago to go to the Universidad Catolica Observatory (long title: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), for spectroscopic observations (of bright Be stars). It is located about 50-60km from Santiago at …
On Wednesday, May 11, I gave a talk at Tartu Observatory (Estonia), where I am spending a few weeks as a visitor. Of course this is by no means something extraordinary. However, it is interesting that they could record the talk so it is available for others to see (or, …
I was disturbed to notice numerous horizontal lines in the video of my meteor camera (see the MetRec image). At the beginning I was afraid that this was due to the fact that the camera was powered in daylight (even with the possibility that the Sun passed through the fov!). …
Project The Perseids 2010 have served as a great opportunity to experiment with video recording of meteors. A DMK camera (DMK 21AF04.AS, The Imaging Source) equipped with a CCTV 2.8mm lens and UFO Capture v2.22 were used. First Results: In total, the camera worked for 17 nights recording 32 …
A video made for the Astrophysics group of Crete, presenting the activities of the group (in Greek language only).