The design, construction, and installation of the TURM Observatory on top of the historic Uhrturm was an exciting adventure in itself. Because of the limited space on the platform on top of the Uhrturm we went for the smallest possible dome, a fully automated ScopeDome 2m model. The dome was […]
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On October 25, 2019 the “potentially hazardous” asteroid 162082 (1998 HL1) made its closest approach to earth. The asteroid has a diameter of a little over 500 meters and was still more than 6 million kilometers away, which corresponds to 10 earth-moon distances – not so close after all. Nevertheless, […]