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One click to rule them all, one click to bind them, one click to bring them all and in the darkness destroy them. — Lord of Central Management

Stars

Milky Way with Bolide
Big meteor (bolide) during an observing night with the 30" Slipstream dobsonian on Hasliberg. — EXIF: Nikon D850; Δt=20 s; f=14 mm; f/2.8; ISO 3200; 2021-08-14 0:30:01
Jupiter, Saturn, Mily Way
Clear sky on the former tank firing range on the Gurnigel. Composite of 13 shots of a time-lapse sequence. — EXIF: 2021-09-04 23:49:56

Bern

Gurnigel
My stargazing equipment on the former Gurnigel tank shooting range for the upcoming Starparty. With the camera in the foreground, I took this time-lapse video. Contrary to expectations, the night became very clear and the air was absolutely calm. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/202 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 20; 2021-09-03 19:13:10

Schwyz

Chapel
On the way to the small chapel in Oberiberg. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/1846 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 20; 2021-01-09 12:33:15

Obwalden

Titlis cable car
Take the cable car out of the sea of fog to the Titlis. We had our telescopes with us for a starry night on the Titlis. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/1920 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 20; 2021-10-09 15:15:24
Transmission tower Titlis
The distinctive transmission tower on the summit of the Titlis. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/3205 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 20; 2021-10-09 15:42:21
Titlis mountain station
View of the Titlis cable car mountain station and the sea of fog over the Mittelland. The night ahead promises to be good. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/5348 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 25; 2021-10-09 16:03:13
Snowdrift
A snowdrift on the Titlis. There used to be something like that in the Swiss Mittelland... — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/5348 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 25; 2021-10-09 16:04:20
Alps Titlis
View of the Alps from Mount Titlis. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/4368 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 25; 2021-10-09 16:08:48
Taurus T400 on the Titlis
My Taurus T400 Dobsonian on the Titlis. Actually a super telescope for deep sky and also planets, but the spontaneous, violent gusts of wind on the Titlis did not tolerate it well: It is too light and is pushed away by the wind. So the next time I took my short, heavy 300mm f/4 Dobsonian with me. It's more stable in the wind. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/3004 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 25; 2021-10-09 16:43:40

Ticino

Alpe di Neggia
View fromm Alpe di Neggia down to Lago Maggiore. — EXIF: iPhone 8; Δt=1/3437 s; f=3.99 mm; f/1.8; ISO 20; 2021-04-19 15:53:09
DateChanges
2021-12-25Fancybox using Figcaption Legends: Update for Fancybox 4; Password-Generator using different separator characters, so one can enter it also on CH keyboards with US layout or vice versa.
2021-12-19Responsive image sizes at photo album covers and thumbnails with CSS grid
2021-12-16Revive of the guestbook. Language selection DE/EN on top right.
2021-12-15Upgrade to Bootstrap 5.1.3. Some few layout changes
2021-09-05Photo of the Star Party on Gurnigel
2021-08-15Milky Way with Bolide during an observing night with Edis 30" Dobson on Hasliberg