It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our longtime friend and supporter, Kurt Mittler. He passed away on June 18, 2026, at the age of 88. With Kurt’s passing, we lose not only an exceptionally...
A group of students from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Betzdorf took a Seestar S50 on loan from the Waldbröl Student Observatory with them to Gran Canaria. Their goal is to take advantage of the clear skies over...
The Waldbröl Observatory demonstrates how modern astronomy can be made accessible even with simple tools: Club member Patrick Staden has developed a mobile Allsky camera—an exciting technology project for students in...
The 11th grade physics advanced course at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium Betzdorf was one of the first schools to borrow a robotic telescope from the school observatory, a Seestar S50, from September 2025 to February 2026...
