More than 50 years ago, men flew to the moon. This is repeatedly questioned and spread as a so-called conspiracy and moon landing hoax. For one of the most important events in world history, astrophysicist and space...
Jamie suddenly showed up at our facility and immediately asked if he could join us. Of course he can, and we gave him access to our light buckets right away. Jamie says he’s passionate about astronomy and...
The shelter building at our lower auxiliary station needed a suitable roof. Following a request, the Dr. Jürgen Rembold Foundation in Rösrath spontaneously donated a matching telescope dome. Now that we have installed...
Actually, the partial solar eclipse on August 12 could be viewed from many other places in Oberberg. All you needed was a pair of special viewing glasses from an optician or online, and you were good to go. But even on...
On April 25, a mild spring evening, the “Wolf Class” from the FCBG Elementary School in Wiehl, along with a few interested parents, gathered at the school observatory in Schnörringen to swap the classroom for outer...
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our longtime friend and supporter, Kurt Mittler. He passed away on June 18, 2026, at the age of 88. With Kurt’s passing, we lose not only an exceptionally...
A group of students from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Betzdorf took a Seestar S50 on loan from the Waldbröl Student Observatory with them to Gran Canaria. Their goal is to take advantage of the clear skies over...
The Waldbröl Observatory demonstrates how modern astronomy can be made accessible even with simple tools: Club member Patrick Staden has developed a mobile Allsky camera—an exciting technology project for students in...
The 11th grade physics advanced course at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium Betzdorf was one of the first schools to borrow a robotic telescope from the school observatory, a Seestar S50, from September 2025 to February 2026...
…was the subject of a training exercise by our volunteer fire department in Heide. After the head of operations, Felix Monscheuer, had inspected our facility a few days earlier, a fire suddenly broke out in our...
The James Webb Space Telescope: more than spectacular! Prof. Dr. Uli Klein Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn Launched on Boxing Day 2021, the space telescope has not only met expectations...
No other medium provides such an impression of what exists in space as astrophotography. With modern detectors, even small telescopes can take images that could not be achieved 50 years ago with the largest telescopes...
There can be no great discoveries or progress as long as there is still one unhappy child on earth. Albert Einstein
We wish all friends of the Waldbröl School Observatory a Merry Christmas!
