In order to initiate a generational change and put the next generation in charge of the STScI e.V., our previous Chairman of the Board Thomas Eversberg was no longer available for re-election. At today’s Annual...
We have been working on the installation of our professional spectrograph for a few weeks now. Now we have installed the camera and carried out the first measurements. Due to the very high sensitivity of the optical...
… and since we make the most of every clear night, we have a warm control room for our telescopes in winter. So turn on the heating, connect the telescopes to the computer, put some hot tea on the table, put on...
Last November, a star of 8 to 45 solar masses exploded in the galaxy NGC 2146 in the constellation Camelopardalis. This happened around 46 million light years away from us. The galaxy is speeding away from us at almost...
