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...
As the observatory does not stand on its own property its preservation in the distant future was unsecured. There was a permanent threat of high property taxes that the association could not cover. In an unprecedented...
Happy children In the happy children’s sky the stars of joy bright and pure; O beware of darkening them and rejoice in their glow. Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816-1896) We wish all friends of the Waldbröl school...
Together with the Oberberg Education Office, we took part in the nationwide Reading Day. The response from pupils was surprisingly high for us, especially as their schools were not exactly around the corner. The “booth”...
The astronomy group from Homburgisches Gymnasium Nümbrecht visited us to get to know the school laboratory and its instruments together with their teachers Axel Peter Lepsius and Daniel Jacobs. Somehow a lot of older...
Our youngest comrade-in-arms Fion has now entered the orbit of an alien planet. He only needed the simplest means. No complex media technology, Photoshop or even artificial intellgence intelligence, which no child or...
… was our offer as part of the Oberberg Education Office’s MINTeraktiv STEM academy. In no time at all, our spaceship was filled with young astronauts aged 6 to 11 and we were ready to go. Our captains...
Our new colleague Rüdiger F. presented a fantastic video clip to us. Video: Meteors flying around the corner… Apart from the fact that he was able to record auroras over Ruppichteroth on August 12th...
The Cave Nebula in the popular constellation of Cepheus (in mythology an Ethiopian king, consort of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda) is a relatively rare target for astrophotographers. It is about 2400 light years...
… was announced. And auroras should also be visible. So we took advantage of the good but cold weather for the next few days, pointed our cameras at the horizon and waited doggedly. And waited and waited…...
Impressive results can be achieved in a very short time in our school lab. One example is the rotation of Jupiter, which Patrick Staden was able to capture with a very small but fast CCD camera. He took many pictures in...
Our beginners’ course for interested teachers in our school lab is now a regular series of events to learn how to use our instruments. The weather was good again in September. In addition to learning how to use...
