denniswickersheim's photostream

Jupiter with moons

My first ever acceptable picture of jupiter - usual equipment used.

Uploaded on Jan 16, 2011

200x magnification

This is what this telescope is capable of with the set of oculars for getting started, the very...

Uploaded on Jan 16, 2011

Luna

My first attempt to do take a picture through the new telescope - with my cellphone camera. How...

Uploaded on Jan 16, 2011

To nom or not to nom

When a nerd gets bored.

Uploaded on Jan 16, 2011

A telescope of astronomic proportions

Guess what came with the mail this morning, rofl! This monstrum has a diameter of 23 centimeters, a...

Uploaded on Jan 10, 2011

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Astrophotography setup

A webcam with an ocular glued to it, attached upside-down to the telescope, connected to a 10 year...

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2010

Webcam-telescope: First test run

I'm pretty satisfied by the zoom factor this baby has. A little white-balance would be beneficial,...

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2010

Mutant potato

today we dug out some potatoes and found this one and a lot of other deformed ones... It's nothing unusual, it just looks awesome ^_^

Uploaded on Aug 19, 2010

I has teh gewgle

My URL as the second result on google? Not bad! Wait what... what does that link say? Holy shit,...

Uploaded on Aug 18, 2010

7 yeary of bad luck

I shattered my beautiful gallium mirror. I got back like 98% of it, but the idea of those...

Uploaded on Aug 3, 2010

OH NOES!

I dropped my gallium sample, which turned out to be a large flat crystal, because it shattered pretty well... >_<

Uploaded on Aug 3, 2010

Radioactive school bag

I am taking a little piece of pitchblende to school tomorrow, for physics class. The effect on my school bag is very funny ^_^

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2010

We get signal!

Charging my Blinkenlights-bike with solar cells while listening to Kraftwerk via my own pirate radio station. Can it get more nerdy?

Uploaded on Jun 27, 2010

Chillin'

Having a good time with my cat =)

Uploaded on May 25, 2010

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Awesomite growing on our workbench

From time to time I drop a beaker or spill a chemical. Because I usually don't handle dangerous...

Uploaded on May 1, 2010

Statocumulus sunset

Have you seen such lovely structures and patterns yet? This is certainly the most beautiful cloud I have ever seen.

Uploaded on May 1, 2010