Since we put our large telescope into operation, we have been working on setting up various peripheral systems that have to work together harmoniously. These are the automatic focus, the pressure in the air cushion...
Just like last year, pupils from Engelbert von Berg-Gymnasium in Wipperfürth visited us with their teacher David Dudziak to find out about our work and the opportunities on site. We discussed general questions about...
Astrophotographers collect as many photons as possible and therefore have to expose their images for a long time – or they use several telescopes simultaneously. We have three identical telescopes and cameras in...
The Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in the constellation Vulpecula, is one of the most beautiful planetary nebulae in the northern night sky and is about 1,300 light years away. The nebula is the ejected gas shell of a...
