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Location
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ELSTERLAND OBSERVATORY Jeßnigk
Dorfstraße 118
D - 04916 Jeßnigk-Schönewalde
51° 44' 54" N
13° 16' 41" E
80 km south of Berlin
8 km northeast of Herzberg (E.)
Here the new Website from Jessnigk:
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www.jessnigk.de
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Route-map
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You may zoom in this satellite image with the
possibilty to calculate a
route using Google maps you may found
→
here. [in English]
Here you can find at which times traffic jam is likely.
At least we show a collection of areal images which may be
useful for orientation at the HTT area.
Please click at the small image:
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Informations + Contact
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AstroTeam Elbe-Elster e.V.
Postfach 1131
D-01640 Coswig
Phone:
+49 176 / 64328838 (D. Landrock)
or
+49 177 / 6162488 (M. Möckel)
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e-Mail
to the HTT team.
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Fees
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5,00 € per person
2,00 € pupils and students
3,00 € car
5,00 € tent
5,00 € small caravan
10,00 € great caravan
- Children up to 14 years does not fee
anything
- Guests from countries with ? un-
favorable course (CZ, SK, PL, H ...)
do not fee for the tent.
- the fee counts for the whole HTT.
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Donations
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Dear astronomers,
our fees are very short. At the HTT you have
only a fraction of the costs which you had at other
astronomical
events.
We want not change this paradigm for submit anyone the
chance to join.
We ask everybody who does not have to count every Cent to
donate
something extra. You support therewith not only the HTT
itself but also
the construction of our ››
observatory.
We are a non-profit
organisation and can draw a donation receipt
which
confirms the german Income Tax Act (EStG).
You can give donations directely or deposit at
our account:
IBAN: ... DE74 18051000 3320200347
BIC: ..... WELADED1EES
Bank: ... Sparkasse Elbe-Elster
Bank code: ... 18051000
To: ... AstroTeam Elbe-Elster e.V.
Many thanks in advance.
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Hostels + boarding houses
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Food + drinks
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In contradiction to other star parties you don't need to
cook or
to barbecue for yourself. You get delicious and inexpensive
foods and
drinks nearly around the clock.
Petra and Roger Franke offer home cooked dishes at 09:00 in
the morning to 02:00 in the night.
We like the intimate flair of the HTT:
Our "H-alpha bar" is an important
meeting point where you will get to know many astronomers...
interesting
discussions and talks happen here.
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Electric power
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Our northern meadow is reserved for photographers. There we
have
sockets with 220V AC. Please have cross-connectors and
extension cables
with you.
At the large southern meadow you find power supply only at a
few points.
Please inform you before you camp there.
Please pay
attention:
Our electrical capacity is not unlimited. Please note: The
electricity may only be used for astronomical purpose, eg.
Loading of notebook batteries or driving a fan for removing
dew. Please unroll cable reels completely to avoid wasting
of electricity.
The usage of electricity for cooking, heating, watching TV,
drive a fridge and other non-astronomical purposes
are not allowed.
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Toilets and lavatories
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At our place we can use the building of the local sports
club
which contains toilets and cold & war water. If you want
to take a
shower you can use the club building of the Football club
Kolochau - which
is 3 km away.
During the day we recommend a visit at the nearby lakes for
bathing
Brandis and
Bernsdorf.
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Site rules
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The usage of green laser
pointers is
forbidden. Exceptions must be allowed by the HTT team.
Please do not
play music and avoid loud noises at night time.
Please avoid the usage of white light. You should have
special care of your car which may
switch on lights when the doors are opened.
Screens of notebooks
necessarily only at night with
excessive use red-light
film!
When leaving please take all waste with you. We had never
problems with
that and thank our visitors in advance for their exemplary
behaviour.
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Lectures...
Workshops...
observation hints...
Here you can find some program hints of the 15. HTT. It's possible that we will add or
change parts of the content. Please also pay attention on the announcements we will do at the meeting.
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Observation with 33"- and 42"-Dobsonian
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Lectures -
on Friday
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Like every year Dr. Erhard Hänßgen will present his great telescope.
At daytime you will be able to try his 140 mm - Coronado (H-alpha
Instrument) - and during the night the incredible Giant Telescope
with a 1,07m (42 inch) mirror.
An additional highlight is the all-new ultra-thin 33" Dob
manufactured by Kai
Kretzschmar, a real tidbit :-)
Beside this, there will be more innovations to gaze at...
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→
Waldemar
Kammrath - presents
lunar
rock through the scanning electron microscope
Sep/26th, 7:45 pm
Tim Puckett - the world-famous supernovae-hunter from
Georgia, USA - visits HTT for the first time! He will speak about his
astronomical projects. A real highlight and Tim is at HTT for 3 days!
More infos about Tim:
→ Puckett Oberservatory - article on Wikipedia
→ www.cometwatch.com -
Puckett Oberservatory (Website)
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HTT-Skyguide
live
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Traditional Astrophoto evening on saturday
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Some astronomers only know a really good dark sky from the southern
hemisphere - and has some problems of orientation, first
experiencing dusk @ HTT... ;-) - and hence some years ago the idea
of the SkyGuide-brochure was born (with observation-tips und
sky-charts). Uwe Pilz and Robert Zebahl (head of the group
"Deep
sky") perform a live-moderation under the starry sky,
at Fr., Sep/26th., from 9:30 pm
at So., Sep/28th., from 0:30 am.
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Sep/27th., 7:00 pm
→ Olaf Hofschulz
he speaks about his work on board of → SOFIA -
a stratospheric scope operated by NASA and DLR.
Sep/27th., 8:00 pm
→ Wolfgang Lille -
the solar-specialist
presents novel observation-technique as well as his
actual photos from our home star at different wavelengths.
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Astronomy-exhibition
under the sky
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Workshops
+ product-presentations
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Sat. Sep/27th, 1:00pm - 6:00pm
→ Wolfgang
Lille - solar
observation technique
→ APM Telescopes - Markus Ludes
→ Teleskop-Shop-Ost - Hans-Jürgen
Becher
→ Apogee Imaging
Systems - Tim Puckett (USA)
→ Astroleuchten.de - Ulrich Heininger
→ Kunstschätzeverlag
- Winfried Berberich
→ Astro Optik Martini - Dieter Martini
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→ Martin Birkmaier
could not attend this year, but he will support us with
HTT-astrophoto
competition :-)
A big thanx
to all sponsors!!!
More additions / changesreserved.
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HTT was and currently is a party
from astronomers for astronomers - reflected by - amongst others - cheap
entrance fee and the organizational conception. Exchange of experience in
the form of workshops is a fix item on the agenda. Following the workshop-plan:
Th. Sep/25th, 3:00 pm → Daniel Arndt / Dr. Peter Kroll:
Presentation of Skypole - unfortunately not in this
year (possibly 2015)
Fr. Sep/26th, 2:00 pm
Uwe Pilz: Collimation of Newton-
scopes
Fr. Sep/26th, 4:00 pm Martin
Fiedler Tips and Tricks
processing planetary videos with AutoStakkert and
WinJUPOS (Derotation).
Sa. Sep/27th, 2:00 pm Thomas
Heising grinding of
telescopic mirrors
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A brilliant night sky ...
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The band of the Milky Way ...
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.... is waiting for you! If the condition of the atmosphere
is good (dry and free of dust) you can see a bridge of
Zodiacal light covering the complete sky. This picture is the first,
which shows this phenomena token from Low
land conditions. Even after long research in the internet you won't
find a better picture token from the
Northern Hemisphere [look →
here].
Of course, you'd probably find
better places for sky observation, but the
difficulty to get a better picture then this shows the good quality
of the sky here in Jesnigk:
Very impressive are photos of astronomy friends: were made here on
the 12th HTT
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18-19 mag Quasars with an 2,5 inch
refractor + 55 minutes exposure time !!
On the 13th HTT (2012) superb photographs were made by René Merting.
Please look at the image of
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Orion which stood only half of its
maximal horizontal distance.
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... is completely observable in one night !! Our visitors are
invited to a Milky Way-Marathon of the objects
in Sagittarius on the evening southern horizon until to the Winter
-Milky Way (Orion and unicorn) on the morning
sky! On the brilliant sky of southern Brandenburg while also
demanding observation targets are
recommended...
For several years can be obtained in our HTT
Astro Contest prices for good, here
resulting astronomical photographs, drawings
and observation reports.
O f course are published the working results of our visitors
on this site - so are in the last few years
impressive HTT astro photo galleries
emerged,
for example, in the years:
→
2006,
→
2007,
→
2008, →
2009, →
2010, →
2011, →
2012, →
2013.
We look forward to the HTT Astro Photos 2014...
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The H-alpha-Bar
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Observations in the observatory
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From 9:00 in the morning to 02:00
am in the night you can take a break
at the "H-alpha-Bar" to eat, drink and talk with other astronomers. At this
bar of astronomers you may get coffee, tea, vine, fresh beer and grilled
specialities. Let?s look forward to funny and interesting evenings at the
?H-alpha-Bar? with an astronomical atmosphere and good beer garden weather.
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Another highlight of the HTT is the usage of the professional →
ELSTERLAND-OBSERVATORY, which was build
up by the club without any help
of public finances. The AstroTeam Elbe-Elster e.V. built the
Observatory,
only with the help of private sponsors and club-members
craftsmanship!
You can visit the Observatory during
the times below:
Friday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (sun
observation)
Saturday: 9:00 pm - 1:00 am .
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Catering from 9:oo am till after
midnight
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Beach-Volleyball turnament
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Every day at the ?HTT? begins
really relaxed - if you want with a good breakfast.For
just 5,-- € (children
2,-- ?) you can get a good breakfast with tasty coffee, bread, ham, cheese,
eggs, jam or whatever you want... you can eat and drink until you?re
full... The big breakfast and eating it outside at sunshine is a nice
tradition. Many thanks to Petra and Roger Franke for the good HTT-catering!
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At the sun beach of HTT :-)
Like every year there will be a
volleyball competition. In the last year the professional team "JESSNIGK
BULLS" won before the also great playing Czech boys.
Let's see who wins the competition in 2014 ...
... and if there are no self-destructive referee ;) :-)
In the last 2 years cold stormy
wind prevented the tournament, however this year weather-god promised
optimal weather, in terms of astronomy and sport :-)
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Many thanks to everybody, who helped us to make our
event to a great one.
The Herzberger Teleskoptreffen is a great meeting of astronomers for astronomers. We?d also like to
thank the helpers of the region. Its a team-work, which you can also feel on the observation places....
At last we wish to send greetings to the entire HTT enthusiast in Germany and the other countries. We wish you a
pleasant journey to us. Please drive carefully and take notice of the "expansive camera" equipment at the
borders of the road ;-) ... We are awaiting you and look forward to meet you (again) !
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