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...
At this point I would like to warn you never to look into the sun with binoculars or a telescope without protection! There is a high risk of serious eye damage! Solar activity is almost at the peak of its 11-year...
On the day of the equinox, also known as the equinox, the sun is exactly over the equator. This happens twice a year, once in spring and once in fall. The equinox in spring is also known as...
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...
Following observations in 1866 and 1946, experts are expecting another outburst of a nova in the constellation Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) in 2024, which is likely to be observable with the naked eye.
In the afternoon hours of February 28, 2024, the innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury, and the sixth planet, the ringed gas giant Saturn, apparently met, and as this encounter took place close to the sun, the event was...
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...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 71 years around the sun. In the presumed sightings in 1385 and 1457, it was already recognized as a comet...
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...