The dome on top of the Uhrturm houses a versatile setup with several telescopes riding on the same mount, an 10micron GM 2000 HPSII equatorial mount. This mount accurately compensates the earth rotation with high accuracy and allows us to point the specific objects in the sky with high precision. […]
TURM Observatory
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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 […]
The historic photograph above shows the view from the Herrengarten towards the buildings of the physics and electrical engineering as well as chemistry institutes of the Technische Hochschule (TH) Darmstadt. The main part of this complex was completed in 1896 based on the design of architect Erwin Marx. The complex […]