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Welcome to my website, home of the Clear Skies Observing Guides. A site focused on visual astronomy and a place to share a passion for the nighttime sky. Stargazing with a side of photography.

About me

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

- Marshall McLuhan

Victor van Wulfen. Born in 1977, raised in the Netherlands. Lived in Jakarta, Indonesia (JIS class of '95), the USA (Texas, Arizona and Arkansas) and now resides in the town of Heeswijk-Dinther in the Netherlands.

Always working to get the glass completely full. As an astronomer, strives to always observe new objects when at the eyepiece.

Likes people with a passion. Gets goosebumps when watching videos of a space shuttle launch or a Mars rover landing.

Per aspera ad astra.


6 days ago

Aurora Borealis, the night of 19 January 2026. Heeswijk-Dinther, the Netherlands.YouTube: youtu.be/mJDuug0YFhM?si=D3uPtVmC-pi-6EES ... See MoreSee Less
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6 days ago

Aurora Borealis, 19 January 2026. Heeswijk Castle. ... See MoreSee Less
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4 months ago

An interim update to the Clear Skies Observing Guides & 9 new editions:- Struve-Straka Nebulae- Dorschner-Gürtler Nebulae- Van den Bergh Reflection Nebulae- Rojkovskij-Kurchakov Nebulae- Bernes Bright Nebulae- Neckel-Staude Nebulae- Merrill Planetary Nebulae- Peimbert-Bátiz & Peimbert-Costero Planetary Nebulae- Herschel RegionsRead all about it on the Release Notes & Statistics page.clearskies.eu/csog/releasenotes/ ... See MoreSee Less
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5 months ago

Astrotrip.clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/astrotrips2025/ ... See MoreSee Less
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