ATM day in Ghent
On November 8, Olivier picked me up to go to the ATM day in Ghent. The ATM day is organized by the 'Telescope Builders Working Group ('Werkgroep kijkerbouw') of the A. Pien observatory in Ghent together with Jan van Gastel.
The day was an enormous success, with more than 100 participants from Belgium and the Netherlands. More than 60 ATM-telescopes were exhibited.
The program was very interesting, with a lot of nice and entertaining talks. Just after the dinner, there was a skype-con with Bruno Ernst (Hans de Rijk), who wrote the first and most important works on astronomy (Thieme's Sterrenboek) in Dutch in the 1960's and encouraged a lot of people in Belgium and the Netherlands to start with astronomy. He also invented the Kutter telescope together with Anton Kutter. He described in his books how to build a Kutter telescope. This made the Kutter telescope very popular in the 1970's. Lots of Kutter telescopes were exhibited during the ATM day.
All the presentations can be found online!
The day was an enormous success, with more than 100 participants from Belgium and the Netherlands. More than 60 ATM-telescopes were exhibited.
The program was very interesting, with a lot of nice and entertaining talks. Just after the dinner, there was a skype-con with Bruno Ernst (Hans de Rijk), who wrote the first and most important works on astronomy (Thieme's Sterrenboek) in Dutch in the 1960's and encouraged a lot of people in Belgium and the Netherlands to start with astronomy. He also invented the Kutter telescope together with Anton Kutter. He described in his books how to build a Kutter telescope. This made the Kutter telescope very popular in the 1970's. Lots of Kutter telescopes were exhibited during the ATM day.
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| A lot of Kutter-telescopes were exhibited. |
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| The domes at the roof of the university building. |
All the presentations can be found online!
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