STScI

What the new generation delivers…

The Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in the constellation Vulpecula, is one of the most beautiful planetary nebulae in the northern night sky and is about 1,300 light years away. The nebula is the ejected gas shell of a...

Workshop on image processing

The vast majority of amateur astronomers take photos of objects in the sky. This is more complicated than initially expected, as the raw data has to be processed extensively to achieve good results. Our club member...

Jupiter – a gigantic gas planet…

… that fires the imagination with its thunderous storms and enormous cloud bands. Through a small telescope of 150mm aperture on the balcony at home, it appears as a glowing sphere surrounded by its faithful moons...