Finally we can start with the installation of our large telescope. In two days the mounting and the telescope were set up separately to install both later one after the other in the telescope tower. Screws and small...
2. June 2019
Medusa Nebula
The Medusa Nebula (PK 205 + 14.1) in the constellation of Gemini was only discovered in 1955. Its name comes from the snake-like gas filaments which remind of the hair of Medusa. For a long time, the nebula was thought...
27. April 2019
Lunar eclipse 2019
The total lunar eclipse in the early morning of 21 January 2019 was to be observed in the Bergisches Land with clear sky in its full course. The cover picture shows the view of the moon entering the core shadow of the...
31. March 2019
Towards the SchoolLab II
Leg and back muscles were tested with a pickaxe, shovel and concrete. The SchoolLab will have three identical observation stations plus a dome observatory. All stations need power and data connections to the three...
31. March 2019
