Tag: USA
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Maui 2012 (2)
The last transit of Venus took place in the summer of 2012. As part of this, I had the chance to take part in a workshop that included observing the transit. The accommodation for the workshop was at 1000 meters, on the slopes of Haleakala. And why use a car when you can also rent…
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Hawaii 2011
After my observation nights at the Subaru telescope in Hawaii, I had the chance to spend a few more days on the Big Island, Hawaii. Besides renting a bicycle (who would have thought it), I also rented a car for one day. And so, almost by accident on my birthday, I went to the active…
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Racism in the middle of society — Ronny Errmann
Actually I wanted to meet a friend tonight who has his job at the university in Central Europe and wanted to go to a friends wedding at the weekend and wanted to see some other friends before then. But as the meetup didn’t work, I can write a little bit about racism. Racism is the […]…
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Hawaii 2011
After one of the nights of observation at the Subaru telescope in Hawaii, I was given a guided tour of the telescope and was then able to enjoy the sunrise from the “catwalk”. In the image above you can see the shadow of the mountain I’m on projected onto the other tall mountain on the…
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Canada 2012
On the sidelines of a conference, and on the way back from Maui, I had the chance to see Niagara Falls as well. The visit was a bit different than what I preferred at the time, we came in a large group and in general Niagara Falls is a very touristy place so totally different…
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Hawaii 2010
From Waimea I observed at the Keck telescope. Waimea is definitely not a tourist resort, the explorations during the day were not very interesting, I just walked on asphalt. But then I noticed something interesting: The vegetation zones changed very quickly. This can be seen clearly in the panorama picture of this blog entry. The…
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Arizona 2010 (2)
After arriving on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona, USA, with almost no problems, I explored the area. However, this was a little different from Germany, there were dangerous animals here. I didn’t see a rattlesnake, but I did see a bear. The first time I was on my way to the telescope, which was another 3km…
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Arizona 2010
This was my first trip to another continent. Having flown to Spain to observe three times before, I felt well prepared. And I had prepared myself well, the trip went smoothly and immigration to the USA went well, apart from slight pronunciation problems, it was relaxed. But I had forgotten something: the weekend. And so…
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Maui 2012
The last Transit of Venus happened in summer 2012. I had the chance to participate at a workshop about planet search around other stars. The day of the transit we spent on the summit of Haleakala, the highest mountain of Maui, Hawaii. From there we observed the transit and also learned a lot about geology…
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