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...
On 25.08.2025 between 22:34 and 22:45, the all-sky camera of a member of our observatory captured a bright object moving across the night sky from the west across the zenith to the east. The ISS...
The weather forecast promised a clear night sky for this year's maximum of the Perseids, which actually happened. So we were able to open the observatory at around 21:00. At 22:30 it was finally dark enough to...
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...
Following the crash of two Starlink satellites, one of which was visible over parts of Germany, the suspected release of fuel from a rocket stage and another crash of parts of a SpaceX rocket, both of which also occurred over...
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...
In the morning hours of March 29, a partial solar eclipse occurred, which could be observed in parts of North America, Greenland and Europe. A closed cloud cover was forecast for Zweibrücken that morning. The first signs...
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...