Our new colleague Rüdiger F. presented a fantastic video clip to us. Video: Meteors flying around the corner… Apart from the fact that he was able to record auroras over Ruppichteroth on August 12th...
The Cave Nebula in the popular constellation of Cepheus (in mythology an Ethiopian king, consort of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda) is a relatively rare target for astrophotographers. It is about 2400 light years...
… 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…...
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...