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) |
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| Oskar Lühning Telescope |
Hamburg Robotic Telescope |
Salvador Mirror |
Spectro- graph |
Lippert Telescope |
Large Refractor |
Sky Monitor Hamburg |
Sky Monitor La Luz (Mexico) |
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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.













