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I spend this website many hours each week to share my knowledge and experience from the areas of Astronomy, Cars and Travels. Most pages are written in English that is not my own native language, so do not judge me too hard if you find grammatical errors and more.

Highlights!

(these pages could be a mix of Swedish and English)

Contents:

• NewsMostly highlights on Astrofriend's homepage, see also left column Latest News
• New linksInteresting information
• Must do stuffWhat makes your life valuable
• Vad att göra i Stockholm? (What to do in Stockholm, Sweden?)Kill boring days! NEW !
• Speech nature science, Föredrag naturvetenskap(most speeches in Swedish)

News:

Here I have collected news I found interesting.

Technology, Astronomy, Cars, Travels etc.

18 juli, 2019 Historia, Slussen

• Återigen ett besök till Nya Slussen för att se hur långt arbeted kommit idag:

  history/ sverige stockholm slussen/ sverige stockholm slussen 20190302.html
  (Nya Slussen byggs i Stockholm, 2019)

Other history related:

July 14 2019 Travels / Sweden

• One place I always have found beautiful in books is Norrköping and its river Motala Ström. We have travel by car through Norrköping many times but never stopped at the old town center. This day my girlfriend had to visit the archive of Norrköping in her research and I follow to walk in the old city of Norrköping and take some photos:

  travel/ sweden/ motala-strom-norrkoping-2019/ motala-strom-norrkoping-2019.html
  (Walking along Motala Ström in old town of Norrköping, 2019)

Other travels in Sweden:

July 9 2019 Ships

• A visit on the Swedish icebreaker Atle:

  vehicles/ icebreaker-atle-2019/ icebreaker-atle-frihamnen-2019.html
  (Icebreaker Atle in Frihamnen 2019)

Other ships, cars and aircrafts:

July 3, 2019 Travel, walks with old and new photos

• Summer project #2.
  One old idea I have is to take old photos and then take new ones from the same place and compare. I have started with the island Riddarholmen in Stockholm. The old photography is from the 19th century. Much more complicated then I first thought, it will take long time, here is the beginning of the work:

  travel/ sweden/ old-and-new-photographs/ introduction-old-and-new-photographs.html
  (Old and new photography from Stockholm)

Other things about Swedish history:

June 30 2019 Aircrafts

• Time to do something new, Flight spotting:

  vehicles/ flightspotting-arlanda-2019/ flightspotting-arlanda-2019.html
  (Flight spotting at Arlanda, 2019)

Other ships, cars and aircrafts:

June 28 2019 Travel / cruising

• A cruise with M/S Saga Lejon:

  travel/ sweden/ ms-saga-lejon-stockholm-nykoping-2008/ 01-saga-lejon-cruise-2008.html
  (Cruising with M/S Saga Lejon from Stockholm to Nyköping, 2008)

Other travels in Sweden:

June 26, 2019 Astronomy / seminar

• Seminars about Lyman spectra by Christian Herenz.

  astronomy/ astronomy-articles/ lyman-spectra/ lyman-spectra.html
  (Institution of Astronomy, Stockholm's University)

Other speech, seminar and articles:

June 13, 2019 Astronomy, summer project #1

• With no dark nights during the summer it's time to do some work on the equipment. My old EQ6 mount needs some, I disassembling the mount and rebuilt it partly:

  astronomy/ projects/ project-eq6-dismantling-rebuilding/ 01-eq6-dismantling-rebuilding.html
  (EQ6 mount rebuilt)

Updates:
Now I got the new timing belt and pulleys, shims and lids to the worm gear adjusted.

Other astronomy projects:

June 13, 2019 Travel / cruising

• A cruise with the classic ship M/S Birger Jarl:

  travel/ sweden/ ms-birger-jarl-stockholm-archipelago/ ms-briger-jarl-2004.html
  (Crusing with M/S Briger Jarl in Stockholm's archipelago, 2004)

Other travels in Sweden:

June 13, 2019 Travel / cruising

• As a gift on my birthday I got a cruise with the schooner Vega from my girlfriend:

  travel/ sweden/ schooner-vega-2013/ schooner-vega-2013.html
  (The schooner Vega in Stockholm, 2013)

Other travels in Sweden:

June 12, 2019 Travel / Walk

• A walk along Stockholm city's Southern harbors:

  travel/ sweden/ stockholm-harbors/ stockholm-harbor-hammarby-2019.html
  (Stockholm City's harbors, now three walks included)
• Added a new walk, from Fåfängan to Slussen, Stockholm in Sweden.
• Added a new walk, around Gamla Stan, Stockholm in Sweden.

Other travels / Walks in Stockholm:

June 7, 2019 Boats / Monalisa

• Big news! The anchor that belong to Monalisa:

  vehicles/ everts-cruiser-monalisa/ everts-cruiser-monalisa-03.html
  (Photos of the anchor)

Other ships and boats:

June 2, 2019 Car / Chrysler Crossfire

• I have updated my page about OBD-system and how I have used it when repairing my Crossfire:

  vehicles/ my-cars/ chrysler-crossfire/ obd-reader/ chrysler-crossfire-obd-reader.html
  (OBD Onboard Data examples, Chrysler Crossfire)

Other repairs of my Crossfire:

May 31, 2019 Astronomy, summer project #3

• I need a more compact tripod to my Star Adventurer mount:

  astronomy/ projects/ project-star-adventurer-tripod/01-project-star-adventurer-tripod.html
  (Star Adventurer tripod)

I couldn't find any compact and stable enough. Then I bought a used Manfrotto 144 tripod and modified it to fit my needs.

Update:
Removing of the outer legs.

Other astronomy projects:

May 29, 2019 Astronomy

• Seminars about spectra from Exoplanets and stars.

  astronomy/ astronomy-articles/ spectra-exoplanets-stars/ spectra-exoplanets-stars.html
  (Institution of Astronomy, Stockholm's University)

Other speech, seminar and articles:

May 28, 2019 Astronomy

• Sweden Solar System.
  2019 version 2 of Jupiter was installed at Arlanda airport. We were invited to participate and here is a short report from that event.

  astronomy/ astronomy-articles/ sweden-solar-system-jupiter-2019/ sweden-solar-system-jupiter.html
  (Sweden Solar System, Jupiter installation 2019)

Other speech, seminar and articles:

May 20, 2019 Car meetings

• In the summer 2018 I took my car to Vagnhärad several times to have a look at the cars at the car meetings:

  vehicles/ vagnharad-2018/ vagnharad-sillen-cruisers-2018.html
  (Vagnhärad, Sillen Cruisers, 2018)

Other ships, cars and aircrafts:

May 19, 2019 Sound / Image

• Biograf (Cinema) Sländan Museum:

  sound-image/ cinema-slandan-museum/ cinema-slandan-museum.html
  (Biograf Sländan Museum)
• We had a visit to a camera flee market today, we was a bit early and found this when we waiting, a cinema machine museum.

Other things about sound and cinema:

May 15, 2019 Travel

• A half year ago we went to Crete in Greece and like a lot, now we go back to Greece but to the island Rhodes, read more:

  travel/ europe/ travel-europe-rhodes/ 01-greece-rhodes.html
  (One week at Rhodes, island of Greece, April 2019, all days online)

Other travels in Europe:

25 april, 2019 Resor till sjöss

Min fars äventyr som sjöman under åren 1937 till 1945:

• Nu äntligen har jag skrivit ned det jag känner till om min fars resor till sjöss. Saknar fortfarande många hamnar han angjorde på 1940-talet pga hemligstämplade. Men det skall jag nog få fram med tiden. Min förhoppning nu är att folk skall hitta till denna sida och kunna fylla i med detaljer om fartygen och hamnar.

• Vem har inte drömt om att göra en jorden runt resa någon gång i sitt liv. Min pappa Evert gjorde det redan innan han var 20 år fyllda. Han mönstrade på handelsfartyg och hamnade ända borta i Kina och andra länder i Asien. Det här skedde delvis under Andra Världskriget, det var många fartyg som gick under från minor och torpeder, även svenska fartyg. Tre av fartygen han var på förliste pga detta, dock något efter att han mönstrat av. Trevligt nog har jag en hel del bilder till pappas alla berättelser om de här 7 åren till sjöss. Denna spännande historia kan ni följa här:

  travel/world/evert-at-sea-1937-1945/ 01-evert-at-sea-start-sv.html
  (My father's adventures at sea, 1937 - 1945)

  Idag är det skrivet på svenska, men planen är om tiden räcker till att även ha den översatt till engelska.

Other history related:

April 21, 2019 Cars

• New photos from a car meeting from 2018. At that meeting I found a car, a Dodge 1937 that was almost exactly the same as my fathers:

  vehicles/ everts-dodge-1937/ everts-dodge-1937.html
  (Dodge 1937)

Other ships, cars and aircrafts:

18 april, 2019 Astronomy

• Våra syd Europeriska turist orter kan bjuda på fina observationsplatser. Enkelt att ta sig dit och ofta ganska billigt:

  astronomy/ observationsplatser/ observationsplats-sydeuropa.html
  (Observationsplatser syd Europa)

• Uppdatering:
  Gunnar har lagt till sin berättelse om besöket på Teneriffa 2004.

Andra observationsplatser:

April 14, 2019 Astronomy

• At our last vacation at Rhodes we visited the observatory Astronomy Cafe in Faliraki. This is a place where you can stay and rent astronomy equipment.

  Read more:

  astronomy/ observatory-sites/ rhodes-faliraki-astronomy-cafe/ rhodes-faliraki-astronomy-cafe.html
  (A visit to the Astronomy Cafe observatory in Rhodes, April 2019)

Other observatory sites:

February 4, 2019 Travel & Astronomy

• Do you find impact craters from meteorites interesting? I have updated my page with a better map of Swedish impacts to make it easier for you to find them.

• Impact craters:

  astronomy/ meteorite-craters/ impacts.html
  (Astronomy, Impact craters)

27 januari, 2019

Nya kartor över fornlämningar: Fornhistoria

• Nu har jag lärt mig att göra mycket bättre kartor, det är för dig som gillar att vara ute i naturen och leta efter vår spännande historia.

• Här finner du de nya kartorna:

  history/ sverige-fornlamningar-kartor/ fornlamningar-kartor-sv.html
  (Fornlämningskartor, Sverige)

  De här nya kartorna ersätter de tidigare som man var tvungen att ladda ned som kml filer.

Other history related in Sweden:

All other news: News.

New links:

Here I have collected new links that I found interesting.

Technology, Astronomy, Cars, Travels etc.

April 18, 2019 Travel and Astronomy

Astro-tourism, a growing tourist travel area.

• Astro Tourism:

  links/ links-astronomy-astrotourism.html
  (Astro Tourism, link collection)

I have primarily chosen places that I can reach from Sweden within 6 hours by air. Most of them are in Spain.

I have now also added Archaeoastronomy places to the list.

Added more exotic places with help from friends.

You find above links later on the link page:

• Links

Must do stuff:

Technology, Astronomy, Cars, Travels etc.

(look carefully that it has not been canceled or has a changed date)

Mars, 2019 Astronomy

• Comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) visit us:

  http://www.aerith.net/ comet/ catalog/ 2018Y1/ 2018Y1.html
  (46P/Wirtanen, Seiichi Yoshida)

• Look at your local star map where it is and its orbit, you can use CdC or Skychart:

  CdC or Skychart (Free to download)

It could be as bright as magnitude +7, you need at least a binocular to see it.

Vad att göra i Stockholm: NEW !

Känner du som jag att vissa dagar är det så svårt att hitta på något nytt kul att göra. Här har jag samlat några länkar som kan hjälpa dig på traven mot en rolig dag i Stockholm.

What to do in Stockholm, Sweden today? Some pages have an English translation.

• https://vadhanderi stockholm.se/ evenemangskalender/ (Vad händer i Stockholm)
• https://thatsup.se/ stockholm/ (Stockholm, That's Up)
• https://www.visit stockholm.com/sv/ (Visit Stockholm)
• http://www.gratisi stockholm.nu/ (Gratis i Stockholm)
• https://alltoms tockholm.se/ (Allt om Stockholm)
• https://www.momondo.se/ discover/ artikel/ gratis-saker-att-gora-i-sthlm (Gratis saker att göra i Stockholm, Momondo)
• https://www.dn.se/ kalendariet/ (Kalendariet, Dagens Nyheter)
• http://www.ilove stockholm.se/ (I love Stockholm)

Fler förslag från mina kamrater (more suggestions from my friends):

Mona:
Långholmen.

Christoffer:
Halkans Vintagegitarrer, Eskader, Boktryckeriet Bokmaskinen, Skansen, Fjärilshuset samt alla fina muséer.

Inga fler tråkiga dagar ! (No more boring days !)

Föredrag: (Stockholm, Sverige)

This is only for you who live in Stockholm, Sweden or want to travel and make a visit here.

De flesta av de här föredragen hålls i Stockholm. Vanligtvis är de på svenska men ibland på engelska. Läs noga på deras hemsida så att det inte blivit inställt eller flyttat.

Området är naturvetenskap.

10 augusti 2019 Visning / Föredrag

• Föredrag på Observatorielunden:

  https://www.kulturhuset stadsteatern.se/ parkteatern/ Evenemang/ 2019/ Framtiden/
  (Från science fiction till science facts, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern)

Tips från Nippe

11 maj - 27 oktober, 2019 Utställning (OBS ! Sommaruppehåll !)

För er som gillar gamla båtar.
På Lidingö Museum kommer under sommaren 2019 pågå en utställning om Boghammar Marin. Mina minnen från min pappas berättelser är att han hade hört från den tidigare ägaren av hans Petterssonbåt Monalisa att den var byggd på Lidingö. Mina efterforskningar om Monalisa leder till varvet Gustafsson & Andersson på Lidingö som idag heter Boghammar:

• everts-cruiser-monalisa/ pdf/ boghammar-flyer.pdf
  (Boghammar Marin – en varvsepok över 100 år, PDF-fil)
• http://www.lidingo hembygd.se/
  (Lidingö Hembygd Museum)
• https://www.lidingo nyheter.se/ gustafsson-anderssons-varv- ...
  (Boghammar över 100 år, Lidingö Nyheter)
• https://www.lidingo nyheter.se/ gustafsson-anderssons-varv- ...
  (Boghammar över 100 år, föredrag, Lidingö Nyheter)

2019 Visning / Föredrag

• Visningar av Alba Nova teleskopet:

  http://www.astro.su.se/ om-oss/ evenemang/ teleskopvisningar
  (Alba Nova teleskopet, Stockholms universitet)

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