Dr. Remeis Observatory
The Dr. Remeis observatory is an observatory in Bamberg that was founded in 1886 with funds from the estate of the lawyer and amateur astronomer Karl Remeis .
history
The city of Bamberg bought the area on Stephansberg, 1 km south of the city center, with the 400,000 marks left by Karl Remeis in his will and appointed Ernst Hartwig as head astronomer on January 1, 1886 . The observatory was built on the model of the Strasbourg observatory , which was then the most modern observatory, and opened on October 24, 1889.
In 1962 the Remeis Observatory was integrated into the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as an astronomical institute . The observatory is also part of the Erlangen Center for Astroparticlephysics.
Instruments
The two domes of the observatory are each equipped with optical telescopes: A 50 cm telescope (Planewave CDK) with around 3.5 m effective focal length has been in the east tower since 2013 , which replaced the 60 cm Carl Zeiss telescope previously installed . A 40 cm LX200-ACF with a focal length of around 4 m can be found in the west tower (see picture on the right). In addition, the observatory has two radio telescopes of the type SRT (Small Radio Telescope) from MIT , each with a diameter of 2 m.
Research and Teaching
At the Bamberg observatory, around 20 permanent employees conduct research in various specialist areas of astrophysics : The areas include optical astronomy (especially spectroscopy ), X-ray astronomy and radio astronomy . The focus is on the astrophysics of objects in the Milky Way (different types of stars , black holes and neutron stars ) and supermassive black holes in active galaxy nuclei . The employees obtain the data for research almost exclusively from external sources - the instruments at the observatory itself are used for teaching. For example, there is an astrophysical block internship every semester, which is the largest of its kind in Germany. The students are not only brought closer to the proper and efficient use of the telescopes, but also knowledge about imaging processes , earth surveying and stellar spectroscopy.
literature
- Freddy Litten: Astronomy in Bavaria 1914–1945. Steiner, Stuttgart 1992, pp. 3-42, 125-136
Web links
- Dr. Remeis observatory Bamberg
- Dr. Remeis observatory at the Bamberg city information center
- About the life and death of the stars
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 4.4 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 17 ″ E