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Optics in the main wash

Our main mirror needed a cleaning before installation. This is what one does with water. For this purpose we lined the transport box, dissolved dishwashing detergent without additives and filled the pool with water...

The heart of the observatory

Currently, we are concentrating our work on our large telescope. After the electromechanical control of the mirror doors has been realized, the mounting of the main mirror on an air bag as well as its sensor system has...

And it moves after all…!

At the moment, we are concentrating our work entirely on completing our main instrument. Currently, this includes the cooling unit of the main mirror, the electric mirror doors and especially the telescope control...

Uwe Schröder 1961 – 2021

Completely surprisingly we have lost a friend. As an astrophysicist, Uwe dedicated his interest to the stars, as a high school teacher to the next generation and as a longtime member of STScI to the development of the...