STScI

A fantastic comet…

… was announced. And auroras should also be visible. So we took advantage of the good but cold weather for the next few days, pointed our cameras at the horizon and waited doggedly. And waited and waited…...

The rotation of Jupiter in 30 minutes

Impressive results can be achieved in a very short time in our school lab. One example is the rotation of Jupiter, which Patrick Staden was able to capture with a very small but fast CCD camera. He took many pictures in...

New teacher seminar

Our beginners’ course for interested teachers in our school lab is now a regular series of events to learn how to use our instruments. The weather was good again in September. In addition to learning how to use...

Corporate responsibility

As part of a generous donation, managers from Kampf in Wiehl came to find out about our work. After an explanation of our didactic content and a tour through the observatory, the good weather was put to good use...