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New Neptune Moon

The planet Neptune has another moon with a diameter of only 34 kilometres. Its name is “Hippocamp” and its orbit is still within the orbit of the much larger moon Proteus. The astronomers determined the...

Plastering for beginners

Since November we have been working every Saturday in the interior of the service building. Around 350 square metres of joints are plastered, sanded, wallpapered and painted by the staff themselves in order to lay the...

Complete observatory donated

The families Spaich & Maderner from Mössingen and Mengen donated the complete observatory of Dr. Friedebert Maderner to the STScI. The first-class ensemble of several lens and reflector telescopes as well as the...

Dome for SchoolLab arrived

With the homeland cheque from the state government we bought a 3.5-metre dome for the SchoolLab. Fortunately, Peter Peisker from Peisker Logistik GmbH took over the transport of the two dome halves from Baden-Baden...