Seven years ago, the STScI, in collaboration with professional astronomers, carried out a long-term observation campaign at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife (three STScI members were observing on site). Several school...
21. July 2020
Comet Neowise from the School Lab
We could now also observe the comet with the telescopes of the school lab. At each of the three stations we made series of images and then “stacked” them to an image of high contrast with a software. All...
20. July 2020
Comet Neowise
After its discovery by the space telescope WISE on March 7, 2020, comet C/2020 F3 “NEOWISE” turned out to be THE comet event of 2020. At the beginning of July it became visible to the naked eye and could be...
11. July 2020
Pillars of Creation
“Pillars of Creation” is the name of a formation in the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Hydra. In April 1995 the star forming regions about 7000 light years away were photographed with the Hubble Space...
9. July 2020
