A lawyer who loves Astromony 

I am a lawyer (Rechtsanwalt Würzburg) who loves astronomy and I am hoping to give you the reader an incite into the joy of the universe and our solar system and why people find star gazing so fascinating.

During the day I work for a team of solicitors and lawyers but my hobby after work hours is astronomy. Astronomy is the study of planets, stars, galaxies and comets. This involves collecting information together about planets and stars by analyzing the nights sky. To enable me do this I use a telescope which is located in the attic of my house which I have made in to my own little observatory this gives me the ability to be able view planets and stars far away.

The most known about planets of the solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Every planet in the solar system orbits around the sun. Billions of years ago before there were people on Earth the solar system was created. As a lawyer who loves astronomy I try often to get a close up view of the sun. This is the only star that astronomers can see up close. In astronomy terms the sun is known as Sol. Although the sun looks like a great big fireball it is not on fire it looks like it is on fire because of nuclear reactions in the suns core.

Comets are also very interesting, these are made out of ice and dust and are often referred to by scientists as a planetestimal. The tail which people assume is behind the comet can actually be in front or behind the comet it all depends on whereabouts the sun. Comets are known to come from two places within the solar system the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt. Comets are just like small worlds. If you imagine a tiny version of the moon, a comet looks like a dirty snowball. There are lots of stars in the night sky, a star is an enormous ball of plasma. There is evidence to support the fact that humans began stargazing as far back as the Stone Age. For instance Stonehenge is a good example of an astronomical site for star gazers. It is now a well known tourist attraction in England.

The Milky Way is a collection of billions of stars and this is where our planet is on this band of stars. If you look into the night sky you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. There are nine planets altogether that make up the solar system they all surround the sun, which is the main planet within our solar system. There are also moons, comets and asteroids as well as the main planets. I hope this give some sort of incite into why I am a lawyer who loves astronomy for me after a day dealing with other peoples problems (Markenrecht) I can go home look into the nights sky a be taken away to a different universe.