ARCHIVE 2007

The exhibition of photographs - 28 December 2007

The exbibition of amateur astronomical photographs is installed at observatory in town of Kysucke Nove Mesto.

Review - Canon EF 50/1.4 USM - 17 November 2007

I tested this lenses a few days ago. I borrowed it from my friend M. Minarik when I was taking some pictures of comet C/2007 F1 Loneos. Thanks for it. There are some test pictures.

The exhibition of photographs - 11 November 2007

The exbibition of amateur photographs is installed in mansion Oscadnica (Kysuce, Slovakia).

Comet 17P/Holmes - 06 November 2007

Now I used 300mm lenses. The comet has a little tail in the picture.

The exhibition of photographs - 07 November 2007

The exbibition of amateur astronomical photographs is installed in town of Liptovsky Mikulas in local house of culture.

Comet 17P/Holmes - 05 November 2007

Perfect night, perfect comet. There is a result.

Reduction T2 -> M42x1 - 05 November 2007

Reduction M42x1 - > Canon EOS - 05 November 2007

It is small, but very important think. It enables me to use old lenses with DSLR.

Filter Baader OIII - 04 November 2007

There is a new filter in my equipment. OIII filter is useful for observing and photographing emision and planetary nebuleas.

Filter Baader H-alfa 45nm - 04 November 2007

There is a new filter in my equipment. H-alfa filter is useful for observing and photographing emision nebuleas.

Comet 17P/Holmes - 31 October 2007

The comet in 0.36m telescope.

Comet 17P/Holmes - 29 October 2007

Next try. The comet is still increasing.

Comet 17P/Holmes - 26 October 2007

The comet brightened from 17th magnitude to 2,5. It is surprise. Unfurtunately - no tail.

Comet C/2007 F1 Loneos - 17 October 2007

Next attempt. The tail is visible in the photo.

Comet C/2007 F1 Loneos - 16 October 2007

There is a new comet on the west. Unfortunately it is too low over horizont and so photo result is poor.

Sponsored webhosting - 02 October 2007

My pages were included in the list of sponsored webs.

New wallpapers - 30 September 2007

There are some new items in the section Wallpapers.

Visit private observatory of Mr. M. Murin - 18 August 2007

North of Slovakia, Orava region. Here is place, where grew up a new private observatory. The main telescope is 0.6m Newton.

Small travel-mount Astro 3 - 03 August 2007

There is a small travel-mount in my equipment. I have bought it for taking photos of constelations and meteors.

Constellation Delphinus - 21 July 2007

I tested my new mount and constellaion Delphinus was tested area. Astro-3 is a small mount. I want to use it as a small travel-mount, also for astrophotography - for shorter focal length.

Constellation Lyra - 12 July 2007

This constellation is small but characteristic. There are some quite interesting objects.

Web visiting - 11 July 2007

My web already registered over 100 000 visits. Thank you for your interest.

Map of pages - 01 July 2007

There is a new map of pages. This feature enables users to show all categories and news.

Web was offline - 29 June 2007

My astro web was offline. This state was caused by Slovak police.

Globular cluster M3 - 12 July 2007

Globular cluster M14 - 12 July 2007

Planetary nebulae M57 - 12 June 2007

This planetary nebulae is probably best known. Ring is good object for observing.

Globular cluster M13 - 11 July 2007

I tested new 35cm telescope in observatory Vartovka. There is a first result.

Globular cluster M92 - 11 July 2007

Second known globular cluster in constellation Hercules. This cluster is not such large as M13

Lightning - 28 May 2007

There is a beautiful large lightning from my car. Over 100 degrees on the sky.

My unique mount - 04 May 2007

I decided to show my mount. It is probably the most ugly mount you saw up to now. But all photos (with mount comment - home made), was taken with this mount. Just construction experiment ...

Comet C/2007 E2 Lovejoy - 22 April 2007

Better position of comet C/2007 E2 Lovejoy on sky, good weather and free weekend. The comet on sky, then in camera and now it is already on pages.

Comet C/2007 E1 Garradd - 20 April 2007

Last photo of comet C/2007 E1 Garradd.

Near-Earth asteroid 2007 HA - 17 April 2007

Yesterday I found information about flyby near-earth asteroid on SpaceWeather. Brigthness was quite good and so I tried it.

Comet C/2007 E2 Lovejoy - 14 April 2007

Next bright comet on the sky - C/2007 E2 Lovejoy. There is a first photo.

Comet C/2007 E1 Garradd - 14 April 2007

Next try. Flyby comet past galaxy NGC 2906 is good for comparision of brightness of objects.

Comet C/2007 E1 Garradd - 13 April 2007

Clear sky, weekend and comet C/2007 E1 Garradd on the sky. A challenge to my camera.

New links and section with wallpapers - 04 April 2007

There are new links to amateur personal pages and there is section with wallpapers for desktop of your monitors.

Open cluster Cr 65 - 12 March 2007

The constellation Taurus is full of large open clusters. Third large cluster is Cr65.

Info - March 2007

Information about taxes only for Slovak inhabitans.

Globular cluster M4 - 14 March 2007

There are many interests crowded in constellation Scorpius and its surroundings. One of them is globular cluster M4.

Open cluster Mel 25 (Hyades) - 12 March 2007

Open cluster Hyades is like sister of Pleiades. This cluster is situated in the middle of constellation Taurus.

New banner - 03 March 2007

There is a new banner on my pages - a new dealer of optics, telescopes and astronomical accessories. Complete sortiment and price list is available on web site www.teleskop.sk.

The exhibition of photographs - 01 March 2007

There is installed exhibition of my photographs in these days. The exhibition is called Life in space.

New links - 28 February 2007

There are some new items in the section Links.

Constellation Leo - 18 February 2007

The name of this constellation exceptionally corresponded with its shape. Dominant of constellation is star Regulus (1,35mag).

Constellation Bootes - 18 February 2007

Constellation Bootes je easy identifiable by very bright star Arcturus. Positions of main stars is slight resembling constallation Orion.

Constellation Cancer - 17 February 2007

This constellation is inexpressive. But there is a lovely open cluster M44 in the middle. It is great object for binoculars.

Constellation Gemini - 17 February 2007

Next photo from last weekend.

Constellation Hydra - 17 February 2007

This constellation is very large. I have taken photograph of head of Hydra today.

Constellation Orion - 17 February 2007

Clear sky, weekend. There was not else chance than to go under stars and make some photos. Constellation Orion is very characteristic and full different objects.

Guest book - 27 January 2007

If you want to leave a message for me you can do it in this guest book.

Constellation Auriga - 14 January 2007

After negative observation of occultation I decided to test new Tamron lens and difusion filter Cokin.

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) - 10 January 2007

The comet McNaught is already hot news several days on the sky. Its gradual approaching Sun has been decreasing its angle distance from our star.

Reconstruction of pages - 01 January 2007

The new year has begun and I have decided to find some time for reconstruction of my pages. Unfortunatelly I must say that I have prepared to do it about one year. I did not achieve to find some time at all.