|
Location
|
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:
→
www.jessnigk.de
|
|
|
Route-map
|
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:
|
|
|
|
|
Informations + Contact
|
AstroTeam Elbe-Elster e.V.
Postfach 1131
D-01640 Coswig
Phone:
+49 176 / 64328838 (D. Landrock)
or
+49 177 / 6162488 (M. Möckel)
→
e-Mail
to the HTT team.
|
|
|
Fees
|
5,00 € per person
2,00 € pupils and students
5,00 € tent
7,00 € caravan
3,00 € visit the observatory
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.
|
|
|
Donations
|
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:
Account ....... 3320200347
To ............... Verein AstroTeam Elbe-
Elster e.V.
Bank ........... Sparkasse Elbe-Elster
Bank code ... 18051000
Many thanks in advance.
|
|
|
Hostels + boarding houses
|
|
|
|
Food + drinks
|
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.
|
|
|
Electric power
|
Our northern meadow is reserved for photographers. There we have
sockets with 230V 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 power supply delivers enough energy for driving telescopes and for
charging notebooks. But our electrical capacity is not unlimited. Please
avoid plugging in consumpting devices.
|
|
|
Toilets and lavatories
|
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.
|
|
|
Site rules
|
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.
|
|
|
 |
Lectures...
Workshops... cultural highlights...
observation hints...
Here you can find some program hints of the 13. 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.
|
Observation with the 42"-Dobsonian
|
|
Lectures
|
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) mirrow.
Dear Erhard, many thanks to you for bringing your great equipment!
|
|
Friday, Sep., 14th, 7:00 pm
- Lecture of the astro-physician
Marie-Luise Menzel:
Hot hearts of the galaxy - active galactical cores
Saturday, Sept., 7:30 pm - the traditional
Great evening: astronomical photography of the HTT -
with spectacular pictures - f.e. of
→ the southern starry sky,
the → Transit of Venus, or the →
Occultation of Jupiter and much more ...
|
Astronomy Fair in the nature
|
|
Workshops
|
Sat., 1:00 pm until 6:00 pm - our →
Astronomy technical and club-meeting - the different astronomy fair - with open-air
flair;). And like usual with great atmosphere, good gastronomy, without theft (!) and with the
possibility to test everything right there. We are happy to see more and more specialists every year. -
So we‘d like to welcome:
→ Wolfgang Lille - specialist for sun observation
→ APM Telescopes - Markus Ludes [english]
→ Gerd Neumann jr. [english]
→ Teleskop-Shop-Ost - Hans-Jürgen Becher
→ Intercon Spacetec - Martin Birkmaier.
→ Astroleuchten.de - Ulrich Heininger
→ Kunstschätzeverlag - Winfried Berberich.
|
|
The HTT was and still is a Meeting of astronomical friends.
You can see that at the visitor friendly prices
and the good organisation. But we don‘t want you to lose the feeling that in some way everyone is helping to
make the HTT even better. The workshops are the best way to exchange ideas and knowledge:
Fr., 2:00 pm. → Uwe Pilz: Adjustment of Newtonians
Fr., 4:00 pm. → Martin Fiedler: Handling + Working with
astronomical pictures
Sa., 3:00 pm. → Thomas Heising, Steffen Behrndt:
ATM (mirrors) - in theory and practice.
|
A brilliant night sky ...
|
|
The band of the Milky Way ...
|
.... 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. 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
→
18-19 mag Quasars with an 2,5 inch refractor + 55 minutes exposure time !!
The →
Zodiakallicht brigde picture made by →
Petr Skala - finished the HTT Astro Photo Contest 2010
1.st place.
|
|
... 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 and →
2011.
We look forward to the HTT Astro Photos 2012...
|
HTT-Skyguide live
|
|
Visit our Club OBSERVATORY
|
For several years, observational evidence of our regular visitors for the HTT weekend put together: from events
in the solar system - in particular, of planets, asteroids, comets, phenomena in the Jovian system - and also u
observation tips on fixed-star heavens - in each year 1 to 2 constellations selected targets and monitoring are
described with finder charts. This year it is the constellation Cygnus (in the picture the Pelican Nebula).
The HTT-Skyguide is available of each as printing - and as
→
Web version [in English] - and at the meeting itself as a live presentation under
the stars by Uwe Pilz.
|
|
Another highlight of the HTT is the usage of the professional →
ELSTERLAND-OBSERVATORY [Infos in English], which was build up by the club without any
help of public finances. Only the AstroTeam Elbe-Elster e.V. was maded the Observatory with only privat
sponsors, -working and -material.
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 .
Fri., 9:30 pm. HTT-Skyguide live, meeting place: 42"Dob.
Sun., 0:30 am. HTT-Skyguide live
|
Beach Volleyball tournament
|
|
Musical Brunch
|
On the HTT Sun beach ;-) 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 2012 ...
... and if there are no self-destructive referee ;) :-)
|
|
Musical beginning of the saturday!
Also this year there will be a musical morning with the
→
Orchester der Bergarbeiter Plessa [Orchestra of Miners] - You will hear modern and
relaxing songs at the „HTT beer garden“ - beginning with astronomy-friendly time ;-) from 11:30 am.
|
Breakfast on the sun terrace
|
|
The H-alpha-Bar
|
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 to eat it outside at nice sunshine is a nice tradition. Many thanks to Petra and Roger Franke
for the good HTT-gastronomy.
|
|
Also after the breakfast, you don‘t need to get your own food. You can meet many times at the „H-alpha-Bar“ to eat,
drink and talk with the other visitors. At this bar of astronomers you may get coffee, tea, vine, fresh beer and
grilled speciali- ties. Let‘s look forward to funny and interesting evenings at the „H-alpha-Bar“ with a astronomical
atmosphere and good beer garden weather.
|
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) !
|
|
