With the “small” telescopes in our school lab, remarkable images are possible. One example is the “Elephant’s Trunk”, an emission nebula in the open star cluster IC 1396 about 2.400...
Our roof is now covered with solar cells, which is designed to provide us with free energy throughout the year. This is an important step towards the sustainable operation of the observatory.
On April 21, our member Dr. Norbert Reinecke pointed his private telescope at the galaxy Messier 61, which is about 66 million light years away from us, and took a picture in only five minutes. His telescope corresponds...
The present “corona shutdown” prevents work and observations at the STScI, so the backyard telescopes of our members have been and are increasingly being used. Many nights with particularly clear skies, in...
