Hi friends,

as a new member of the egroup GUIDE-Forum I would like to introduce
myself:
I am an amateur astronomer since 1975 and since that time my interest
in astronomical topics changed from sky hopping, counting of sunspots
to visual and photoelectric photometry (Optec SSP3-Photometer) of
variable stars.
But due to the very bad weather condition here in northern Germany and
the lack of a permanent observing place my interest switched to desktop
astronomy. Fortunately in our times we can use the Internet to
participate in almost every topic of professional and amateur
astronomy. Using the information pool of the Internet I am now mostly
interested in Supernovae, Nucleosynthesis and Gamma-Ray-Bursts.
My very small instruments consists of a Vixen Sensor mount, an 80 mm
Refractor and a Celestron 5.
I am an chemical engineer working in marine chemistry (trace elements
in sea water).
I am married and have two sons.

Clear skies and a fast link to the Internet

Peter

P.S. I hope, that all of you will follow me with an introduction of
your person