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Mainz main cemetery
A row of so-called portal crypts (Portalgruften), which are typical of the Mainz main cemetery. Above ground, they consist of a barred portal that is supported at the back. A steep staircase leads through a usually barred door in the portal wall to the crypt below. This can be clearly seen in the second crypt … Read more
Wiesbaden North Cemetery
The tomb of John Goldenberg (*24.08.1832 †27.09.1882) in the early morning with the gatekeeper’s house and the main portal in the background and of the officer and writer Alfred Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (*04.07.1848 in Stuttgart †18.04.1887 in Wiesbaden) and his wife Lucy Fleischer (*26.06.1880 †24.05.1913). Another view of the toimb of Alfred Adelmann von Adelmannsfeldenand … Read more
Predecessors of Wiesbaden’s North Cemetery
The area that later became Wiesbaden was already settled by the Romans around the birth of Christ. Burials of Roman, Frankish and Alemannic origin dating until the 6th century have been found at various locations in the present-day city. Around 830, a source mentions a place called Wisibada. It is also known that there was … Read more
more stuff from above
04.04.2025: The Moon was 373.700 km from Earth on Friday, 04.04.2025 13:23 UTC and appeared at an angle of 31°58′ when a Wizz Air Airbus 321-231 (flight WMT716) flew past it at an altitude of 34.000 ft (10.360m) and a distance of about 15 km from the camera. The aircraft with the registration HA-LXC was … Read more
c/2022 e3
Comet C/2022 E3 is the greenish diffuse streak to the right of (a), taken on 10.02.2023 at 20:01 UTC in the constellation Taurus. It was of rather modest appearance.(b) = Mars. Next to (c) is COSPAR 2010-043D = NORAD 37155, a Russian Briz-KM rocket upper stage that was launched from Plesetsk on 08.09.2010 and deployed … Read more
Starlink Satellite trains
Starlink is a constellation of 7,078 (as of 01.03.2025) satellites in low earth orbit that provide internet services worldwide, especially in remote areas. The first satellites were launched in 2019 and the constellation continues to grow to this day. It is not clear how many operational units the owner (Starlink Services LLC) intends to put … Read more
aurora borealis
A geomagnetic storm of level G5 on NOAA’s G-scale, triggered by a coronal mass ejection, caused northern lights to be visible as far south as southern Florida and the Mediterranean region on 11.05.2024. The storm hit Germany under favourable conditions: There was no disturbing moonlight and the weather was excellent. From the north of Wiesbaden, … Read more
c/2023 a3
C/2023 A3 passed through its perihelion on 27.09.2024, after which its absolute brightness steadily decreased. It reached its smallest distance to Earth on 12.10.2024 and I was able to see it effortlessly as a bright object on the western horizon for the first time on the evening of 13.10.2024. However, I didn’t have a camera … Read more
the moon
To the human eye, the moon appears – apart from a more or less yellowish to reddish coloration caused by the Earth’s atmosphere – colorless or monochromatic. The surface of the moon is characterized by the lighter terrae (crater-saturated highlands) and the darker maria (“seas” – lava-filled large impact basins).The image below shows the moon … Read more