STScI

Thor’s Helmet

NGC 2359, also known as Thor’s Helmet, is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Majoris. The bubble-shaped nebula consists of a mixture of material lost by the central Wolf-Rayet star at an earlier...

The seminar room takes shape

The floor is laid and the sanitary area is finished. The beds and mattresses are there and waiting for the construction. The tables are set up – and with the chairs you can already imagine the operation in the...

English edition of the “Moon Hoax”

This book  by our association chairman Dr. Thomas Eversberg is about the American moon-landings – and about the doubts expressed ever since concerning the reality of these landings. Were the images of men on the moon...

Towards the SchoolLab I

In addition to the telescope on a heavy mount, each of the three identical stations in the school lab has a retractable protective building which serves as a heated control room during operation. Even at low outside...

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