Mars Images is an app for Android and IOS smartphones that lets you browse the latest images from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The app has been developed by Mark Powell who works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA. When you start the app, you may have to wait a while until the first pictures have [...]
App: Mars Images
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Photoshop Planets
March 10th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I’ve made a few planets with Photoshop, these are my first three tries. If you want to use them for something, I can give you a bigger version. Just write me an e-mail. You can find them also in my Art section.
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TS Optics 15 x 70 LE Binocular
February 26th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I bought the TS Optics 15 x 70 LE a few weeks ago at Teleskop-Express for a price of 119€. I think this binoculars are a good start for amateur astronomers. You don’t have the weight of a telescope and don’t have the problems to adjust it. You can take it easily with you and [...]
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Stellarium: The Open Source Planetarium
February 12th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I want to show you a really good software, it is called Stellarium. It’s very useful if you want to watch the sky. You can easily find out what you can see from your position. You can select whether you watch with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It’s also a nice tool to [...]
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My name is Andreas, or short Andy. I consider myself a typical computer geek. I am also interested in other things like astronomy and graphic design.
