Astronomy Day on October 19, comet in the evening sky, ringed planet Saturn. Astronomy Day was held for the first time on August 23, 2003 to mark the particularly close opposition of Mars. Until the beginning of the corona epidemic in 2020,...
Partial lunar eclipse, equinox, Saturn at opposition: from this month onwards we will be opening our observatory again on Friday evenings, provided the night sky is clear, as we have already mentioned several times. In September from 9 pm, October from 8 pm and November...
Perseids and Saturn occultation: Every year in August, countless shooting stars, the Perseids, can be observed. They get their name from their origin in the direction of the constellation Perseus, which slowly moves across the sky during the month.
SUN AND MOON On the 20th of the previous month, the sun reached its highest point in the sky at noon and is now sinking again. The length of the day in Zweibrücken decreases over the course of the month from...
Due 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 dates can be...
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...
Due to the later onset of twilight, the observatory opens on Friday evening in April one hour later at 9:00 p.m., assuming a cloudless night sky.Due to the irregular distribution of activity, this year's maximum of the Lyrids will occur on the morning of...
Due to the later onset of twilight, the observatory will only open one hour later on Friday evening at 8 pm, assuming a cloudless night sky. This year's changeover to summer time will take place on the last weekend of...
February 2024 is a leap year with 29 days instead of the usual 28. The leap year was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, as the seasons had shifted at the time.
On 03.01. at 02 o'clock the earth is at a distance of 147.101 million kilometers in perihelion (close to the sun) on its orbit around the sun. The question may now arise as to why there is...