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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...

A partial solar eclipse at the observatory

On March 29, 2025, numerous visitors experienced a fascinating natural a fascinating natural spectacle at the Waldbröl Observatory: the partial solar eclipse. partial solar eclipse. In glorious weather, the rare event...

New Chairman of the Board

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...

Working like at the operating table

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...