| On this website, we show some pictures, taken with the 80cm telescope (D.-J. Kusterer, K.v. Sturm und T. Nagel). Most of them are LRGB composits. |
| Our solar system comprises the sun, the 8 planets and their moons, asteroids, comets and dwarf planets. It has formed about 4.6 billion years ago. |
| Open clusters are accumulations of some ten to some hundred stars, which have formed all together in a large molecular cloud. Their stars are quite young, only a few million or some 100 million years old. |
| Planetary nebulae are the outer shells of a solar type star, which have been expelled into space near the end of the star's life. A famous example is M57 in the constellation Lyra. |
| Diffuse nebulae are clouds of interstellar gas and dust. A famous example is M42, the Great Orion Nebula. |
| Globular clusters are spherical accumulations of a few 100.000 stars, orbiting the Milkyway. Their stars are some billion years old. A famous example is M13 in the constellation Hercules. |
| Galxies are extremely large accumulation of hunderd of billion stars, similar to the Milkyway. Famous examples are the Andromeda Galaxy M31 and the Magellanic Clouds. |
| Some pictures of the dome and the telescope, taken by J. Barnstedt und T. Nagel. |
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Thorsten Nagel
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Last modified 20 Jun 2016 |
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