On my latest
astronomy trip to the Sahara in Southern Morocco, I met with many
enthusiast people in astronomy. I had a blast doing many activities
related to astronomy as Meteorite hunting, astrophotographying the
night sky and learning much of astronomy in general at this fabulous
hotel/observatory called Sahara Sky. 10 days of meteorite hunting,
astronomy learning and stargazing in the Sahara was incredible and
just unforgettable. Please join me in a series of posts on my journey
through the Sahara in Southern Morocco and one of the most dark skies
places I have ever seen.
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| Pinhole camera (Solargraph) project @ Sahara Sky 2014. photo: Stefan Lamoureux, Fritz Koring, Janne Leppäkoski Credit: S. Lamoureux/ KTY Toutatis. |
The Astronomy club
Toutatis wanted to thank the Sahara Sky observatory for it's
hospitality with a Pinhole camera called Solargraph that takes long
exposure of 6 months. Mr. Fritz Koring, the owner of the Sahara Sky
was presented an empty can of beer with tape on it, this was the
Pinhole camera. Modest you think? It is exactly that!
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| The Solargraph. A pinhole camera made to record the path of the Sun in the sky for a period of 6 months Credit: S. Lamoureux/ KTY Toutatis. |
Now the beer can will be pointing straight South and capture the
movement of the Sun for a total of 6 months time. Solargraphy is a
technique in which a fixed pinhole camera is used to expose
photographic paper for an extremely long amount of time (in this case
half a year). It is most often used to show the path taken by the sun
across the sky. (See other posts on Solargarphs and pinhole camera HERE)
Now that it is
installed, we wait. In June 2015 we will open the camera and see the
results. This is actually really cool, because this pictures taken in
Southern Morocco will show us if there is a difference in the Sun's
curve (Sun's apparent movement in the sky) from my own Solargraph of
Finland. This is surely exciting.
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| Different curvature at different Latitude. These ones are took from LAT 60" Credit: S. Lamoureux/KTY Toutatis. |
Thank you for Mr. Koring @ Sahara Sky hotel/observatory to participate in this astronomy activity with us @ Astronomy club Toutatis.
Follow the complete
travel post series on the Sahara desert, Southern Morocco HERE and enjoy the astronomy behind it. This is all part of
the public outreach of Astronomy Club Toutatis, Kustavi, Finland.
Links:
Read an older post on Pinhole cameras on Links Through Space. Solargraphy the art of Pinhole cameras
Read more about Astronomy Club Toutatis, Kustavi, Fnland.
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