Born in 1970, I was raised in Stockach, a small town at the biggest lake in Germany, about 120km to the south of Stuttgart.
After school I decided to study civil engineering. Now I have my own engineering office named itr-GmbH, which I currently manage. Since 2000 I married to Kathrin and we have a little daughter called Christina.
My first contact with astronomy was at the age of sixteen. At Christmas, my parents gave me a little TUSCO Refractor. With that scope I discovered the Moon valleys and Mountains and of course those amazing craters. I was very fascinated from that scope, but after a few years, I lost the interest with this scope. My next scope was a TAL-1. This 4” Newton telescope made a lot of fun. With this scope I’ve made my first experiences in deep sky observing. Two years later I bought a 12” Dobson Telescope. With this Dobson I’ve made my first steps in astrophotography by imaging the moon and the planets with a webcam.
Now, I’ve found my passion…. The Equipment grows with every year.
