A Six inch TMB Apo (which proved to be raintight!) on a Lichtenknecker
MB100 mount. Coolpix 4500. |
The 18th ITT
'Internationales Teleskoptreffen'
Emberger Alm / Carinthia / Austria, 4.-6.10.2002
Organized by Wolfgang Ransburg the owner of www.teleskop-service.de,
the ITT is beside the ITV (Internationales Teleskoptreffen
am Vogelsberg) the most important Star-Party in central
Europe. The title is not an empty phrase. I have met people
from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands,
Hungary and Slovenia, during the two days (Friday afternoon
until Sunday morning) I attended the meeting. Sadly the
weather did not cooperate with my visit. The people who
stayed the whole week had very good weather in the first
half, but conditions deteriorated on Thursday, and Friday
only the last third of the night was clear. Saturday night
was also clouded out. This was my first Star-Party, so
bear with my enthusiasm for the variety of scopes which
were presented by their owners and some dealers.
Beside Wolfgang Ransburg, Markus Ludes of APM
Telescopes, Martin Birkmaier (Intercon
Spacetec) and Astro-Optik
von Bergen were also present.
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This is an all-sky image done with the EC-8 fisheye converter
on my Coolpix 4500 on Saturday morning. The zodiacal light
is visble as a brightening below Jupiter in the East (lower
left side of image). When clicking on the image above you
will get a version with the original brightness levels.
NEW: 360°
All-Sky Panorama |
Russian Flak-Fernglas (Anti-Aircraft Binocular) 20x140 brought
by Markus Ludes of APM |
This binocular is VERY heavy. The image is slightly yellow.
One guy commented after looking into the Objective lenses,
that it looks as a dentist´s waiting room - whatever
that may mean... |
A nice 80mm f/6 TMB apochromat. The dual-speed Feather Touch
Focuser is very smooth and precise |
Markus Ludes brought this APM 6" Apo in a custom tube
on a Lichtenknecker mount. |
The 140mm Coronado H-Alpha filter used with a Baader binocular
viewer provided breathtaking views of the sun. |
Markus Ludes taking images of the sun in H-Alpha with a digital
SLR camera. |
Takahashi Sky 90 and Televue 76, two cute little Apos. |
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When I saw the huge 2" Kellners, I had to dig out my
"eyepiece from hell", a 40mm 0.96" inch Celstron
Kellner here with it´s younger cousin a 42mm 2"
Kellner at a dealer´s table. |
Martin Birkmaier explaining a multi-height observing stool.
It provides heights from 10 to 50cm |
Martin Birkmaier´s 20" dobson telescope. His commercially
produced dobsons are highly estimated among the german Amateur
community. |
Miyauchi 20x100 |
The big Fujinon binoculars never fail to impress the onlookers,
by it´s sheer size and (of course) it´s price
tag |
The tripod is from a G-11 mount. |
Fornax 50 a heavy duty mount from Hungary. |
The ITT is spread across the mountain. Here is the 'upper
telescope field' |
Astro Optik von Bergen
brought this 400mm Ninja Dobson. The OTA can be disassembled
in three parts, so it is transportable in a compact car. |
Wolfgang Ransburg, at left, presenting a couple of bargain
eyepieces and accessories. He also showed the new HEQ-5 mount
of chinese origin. |
Stathis
Kafalis setting up his light-weight, thin mirror 24"
Dob, Kyklopas |
The "tiny" 4" Finder in the secondary cage
of Stathis´ 24" Kyklopas. |
Patrick Woitala´s
14" lightweight Dobson is commercially available through
Wolfgang Ransburg. |
It´s design and construction make for a very usable
and elegant telescope. |
Patrick Woitala is seen
here carrying the telesope in his arms. |
This 6" dob made by Patrick Woitala only weighs about
3kg. I saw M2 through it. This design really got me thinking... |
The 6" beside the 14" by Patrick Woitala |
After building a CCD camera for himself electrical engineer
Gerhard
Fischer is now starting to produce a small series of his
Nova 237 camera. |
The camera is temperature controlled and features a 658x496
pixel TC237B CCD chip. |
A nicely crafted 10" Dob. |
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A heavily modified Meade Starsplitter telescope on a Vixen
Saturn mount, by Christian Novak. |
He even casted the massive aluminium parts by himself! |
Makes for easy collimation |
This focuser is a piece of art! |
120mm f/8 Achromatic Refractor owned by Michael Semler, |
His funny-looking sun-projection setup worked very well. |
Ernst Schöberl presenting his all-carbon "Flying
Dobson" |
Carbon-Sandwich, 15" f/5 Sitall mirror (15.2kg), the
complete structure weighs 23.5kg. Even the finderscope is
(except the lenses...) completely made out of carbon material. |
The single screwdriver needed for assembly is made of: Carbon! |
Made of Carbon and Aluminium this telescope is named "Christina"
and was made by Christoph Ries. |
Matthias Wirth watching Venus through his self-built TMB 9"
f/9 Apo. |
Stathis
Kafalis enjoying Venus through this unusal and exclusive
instrument |
The folded refractor is mounted Dobson-style |
Venus through the 9" Apo |
Televue 76 with white-light solar filter, bino-viewer and
Tele-Vue eyepieces, nice! |
Markus Ludes sharing H-alpha views of the Sun. |
Bernd Häusler and his 12" LX200. |
Venus through the 12" LX200 |
Rolf Eckert brought an APQ 130 from Zeiss in a self build
tube on a self built mount. |
finely adjustable legs faciliate polar alignment. |
Rolf Eckert has obviously put a lot of attention to details. |
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Venus through the APQ 130 |
Kurt Schreckling´s telescope in solar observation mode. |
A Takahashi FS-102 on a Astrophysics 400 mount. Attractive
setup. |
The Sun through a stopped down Synta 150/750 achromat, with
Baader Solar Film. |
Driving home... |
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