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100 Hours of Astronomy

During the 100 Hours of Astronomy we offered a view through some of our telescopes and instruments.

Hours

You could visit us at the following times: (note, the times are CEST)

Thu., April 2. 19:30-22:30h The weather conditions were excellent.
Fri., April 3. 19:30-22:30h The weather conditions were excellent.
Sat.., April 4. 16:30-22:30h Unfortunately, it was overcast almost all of the time. However, we gave tours of our instruments.
Sun., April 5. 16:30-22:30h The sky was mostly clear and we could offer views through our telescopes.

Live Observations

Even if you are an international visitor of our website you still could take a look through our instruments and watch us observe! We offered this possibilty during the whole time from Thu. April 2, 2pm CEST through Mon. April 6. 6pm CEST. The following instruments and telescopes could be accessed online:

What can I see? Images of (deep) sky objects Telescope Operation, Stellar spectra Images of the sun Solar spectrum (This telescope can only be utilized on site) (This telescope can only be utilized on site) Sky above Hamburg Sky above La Luz (Mexico)
Telescope or instrument OLT HRT Salvador Salvador Lippert Refraktor Sky Monitor Hamburg Sky Monitor La Luz
Oskar Lühning Telescope
Hamburg Robotic Telescope
Salvador Mirror
Spectro-
graph
Lippert Telescope
Large Refractor
Sky Monitor Hamburg
Sky Monitor La Luz (Mexico)
Short movie intro (In German) Webcam Webcam Webcam Webcam Webcam Webcam   Info
Webcam Webcam Webcam Webcam   Webcam Webcam   Info

 

Note: The webcams require either Java or Firefox (resp. a similar Browser). In case of Java please accept the applet. Also, Javascript is recommended. The movies require Flash.