It was once again clear, windy and to make matters worse not really dark due to the waning moon (brightness 55%). To highlight the structures of my desired objects Orion Nebula M42 and the Cirrus Nebula NGC 6960, an...
When a star in the constellation of Cygnus exploded about 8,000 years ago at a distance of 2,400 light-years, it ejected its entire envelope. It expanded into space at high speed and today forms the Cirrus Nebula. This...
This year, both the student observatory and the LEBENSFARBEN association received financial support from the Lions Club Gummersbach-Aggertal. The Lions Club is very interested in strengthening the region through...
Students of the Astro Working Group at the Waldbröl Comprehensive School “discovered” the two giants of our solar system. These are the planets Jupiter and Saturn. At first a simple 20cm telescope without...
Our club member Frank Bohlscheid teaches German and Latin during the day, but at night he likes to travel into the infinite spaces. As an experienced astrophotographer he always delivers new delicacies of the universe...
After the German book of our association chairman Thomas Eversberg about the alleged “moon landing conspiracy” has already been translated into English, Springer Science Publishing has now published a...
The four large moons of Jupiter regularly cast shadows on their planet during their orbit. Our club member and teacher at the Gesamtschule Waldbröl Günter Dombrowski captured this spectacle with a short image sequence...
Working at the dome slit is not popular in our group. When you are balancing with tools at a height of several meters above our main telescope and actually always lack a hand to hold on to, a certain tension likes to...
If one points a fixed camera at the sky and leaves the shutter open, the rotating earth causes star trails in the image because of the long exposure. The length of these trails depends on the exposure time. This image...
The “foundation stones” for our secondary station in the student laboratory in the form of a row of bricks are bricked and the telescope foundation with the telescope column are concreted. Soon a wooden...
Almost exactly two years after the first “wedding” between our main telescope and the dome building, we could celebrate the second “wedding” between the main telescope and its optics. This...
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, an annular solar eclipse took place over the north polar region, which could be observed here as a partial solar eclipse. Around noon, the moon covered up to a maximum of 13% of the solar...
