Completely surprisingly we have lost a friend. As an astrophysicist, Uwe dedicated his interest to the stars, as a high school teacher to the next generation and as a longtime member of STScI to the development of the...
A nice photographic target in the winter sky is the Rosette Nebula in the constellation Unicorn. The cosmic cloud of gas is excited to glow by the open star cluster in the center. The area can be called a “cosmic...
The Small Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 76) is a faint (10.1mag) planetary nebula. The name comes from the similarity with the Large Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27). It is located in the constellation Perseus at a distance of...
Of course our school observatory is also affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. On the one hand, the school lab is ready for operation as an extracurricular learning place. On the other hand, we unfortunately had to cancel...
