Thursday morning I will be leaving Wichita, Kansas for Erftstadt, Germany. I leave at 4AM Thursday morning, a connection in Chicago and then arrive at Dusseldorf airport around 8AM Friday morning. I will not have Internet connection the first days I am there as, I need to install the system myself (which will probably wait until Sunday). And thanks to Daniel Fischer (aka @Cosmos4u) I will hopefully be attending the ATT astronomy convention in Essen on Saturday.
The ATT is one of Europe’s largest astronomy conventions with hundreds (if not thousands) of people in attendance. According to their website, “You will find state-of-the-art telescopes and accessories as well as used and homemade instruments. Here you meet manufacturers and experienced amateur astronomers from all over Europe to share your thoughts with. Furthermore the ATT offers a platform for public presentation of observatories and astronomy clubs. In short, this is the place to be for anyone who is interested in astronomy.” As this sounds like something completely different to what I have been to, it should be a blast! I will surely be taking a bunch of pictures, and possibly tweeting if I have the ability. Other than that I will be sure to update later on about the ATT.
More information about the ATT is available at: http://www.att-boerse.de/ (In English: http://www.att-boerse.de/index_uk.html)
