Our large dome is now more than thirty years old and a renovation was needed. While turning the dome made quite a noise. The polyurethane rollers were brittle, the electrical control was outdated and the motors for the...
Last year we received an email from Leon Advena asking for an internship at the observatory. Unfortunately we do not offer internships, but transfer immediately chief positions. Since then Leon has been our...
Seven years ago, the STScI, in collaboration with professional astronomers, carried out a long-term observation campaign at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife (three STScI members were observing on site). Several school...
We could now also observe the comet with the telescopes of the school lab. At each of the three stations we made series of images and then “stacked” them to an image of high contrast with a software. All...
