After the bright summer nights, it gets dark much earlier again in September. Most of the constellations can already be seen at around 21:30. Vertically above us, the bright star Vega catches the eye first. Later, when it is...
After 10 pm, the first stars can be observed due to the darkness that sets in. If you look steeply upwards at around 11 pm, you will see the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Two other bright stars form...
July is the best month to observe the southern constellations of Scorpius and Sagittarius. From Germany, they can be found very close to the horizon. However, if you are on vacation in the Mediterranean region, you can...
Mercury in the evening sky, summer solsticeDue to the short nights, the observatory will remain closed at night in June. However, a few Sundays are planned on which the observatory will open between 14:00 and 16:00 for solar observation. The...
Due to the increasing length of the day, the useful observation times during the month of May are reduced from five hours at the beginning to just two hours at the end of the month. This would mean that the start of observations of galaxies...
With the later onset of twilight, the opening of the observatory on Friday evenings in April is moved back by one hour to 21:00 - provided the sky remains cloud-free. SUN AND MOON On the first...
Due to the ever-later sunsets, the observatory only opens on Friday evenings in March from 7 pm. Assuming a clear night sky, of course. Sun and moon March has some astronomical highlights in store for us, including...
As already mentioned several times in the press and here, another planetary constellation awaits us in the evening sky towards the end of the month, around February 28. The planets visible to the naked eye, Mercury,...
Best viewing conditions for Jupiter and Mars, Venus as a bright object in the evening sky, Saturn occulted by the moon. Sun and Moon On 04.01. at 14:00 the Earth is at perihelion (close to the Sun). The distance Earth-Sun...
In the early evening hours of January 4, 2025, a Saturday, Saturn will be occulted by the moon. After the occultation on August 21, 2024, this will be the last occultation until December 9, 2036.