STScI

ISS in front of the moon

You don’t always have to expose objects thousands of light years away for hours to see interesting objects or events in space – sometimes you can stay in the astronomical front yard, and observe very fast...

Digitalizing the Observatory

Before it gets wet and cold outside, we continue to pursue our plans to digitize the observatory. In order to stay up to date as a place of learning and scientific institution, the three telescopes in our school lab are...

Light pollution in Schnörringen

It is easy to think that the night sky in Oberberg is very dark. And indeed, measurements show that our region is not bad by Central European standards (). However, there can be local exceptions – like in...